Mapping Gun Violence Inwards Rio

Amnesty International inwards Brazil has released an interactive map to crowd-source incidents of gun violence inwards Rio de Janeiro. There bring been to a greater extent than than 570 gunfights inwards the metropolis already this year. However, alongside the police pull themselves responsible for i inwards 5 killings inwards the nation of Rio final year, accurate official statistics on gun violence are difficult to get.

The Fogo Cruzado map allows anyone inwards Rio to written report incidents of gun violence, whether carried out past times gangs or past times the police. As good every bit the crowd-sourced information the map includes incidents of armed attacks reported past times the press together with official police pull together with authorities data.

The map is a custom styled Google Map alongside beautifully deigned markers. These markers are categorized to present gun violence incidents alongside fatalities, alongside injuries together with victimless incidents. The map likewise uses numbered clustered markers to present where to a greater extent than than i incident has occurred. If you lot zoom inwards on these locations the private incidents are together with therefore revealed.