After a graphic story of how a rich family buys their way out of a murder and rape of a poor 11 year old girl with blood all over their home, the police burning all the obvious evidence against the rich family, and then torturing two innocent poor people for days to make them sign a fake confessions.... the author writes.......
"When we think of the global poor, we easily think of hunger, disease, homelessness, contaminated water, illiteracy, and joblessness. But José and Richard think of another reality that keeps the poor in poverty, and that is violence. This reality is very hard for outsiders to see—even for frequent and sophisticated visitors to the developing world—because most acts of violence against the poor are intentionally hidden. It’s hard not to see the squalor, the shanties, the sewage, the begging, and the trash. But behind the walls of poverty, few ever see with their own eyes the swift strike across the face, the ugly struggle of rape, the iron blow to the head, the hands throttled against the throat."
(The Locust Effect: Why The End Of Povery Requires The End Of Violence. Gary A. Haugen & Victor Boutros)
The story made something primal rise up within me about injustice, especially against the poor. I was so angry I had to stop reading the story of the girl and hiw the poloce etc consupred witj the rich family to protect them for the rape and murder.... The poor have no protection under the law. The law is not there for them... but only an elite rich few in many countries.
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