Madonna tweeted a picture of herself in a Rio favela and people really weren't happy
She posed with armed police in khakis.
Madonna was in Rio de Janeiro for a wedding when she took the picture
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Big sunglasses, camouflage clothing, and a few armed police -- is this what passes for cool?
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Madonna was in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday for a wedding held at the statue of Christ the Redeemer. While there she took this picture in a favela.
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For reference she was heading to a giant sculpture of the moon.
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People on Twitter had a fair amount of criticism for the photo. It turns out that posing with armed police in an area where the shooting of civilians is endemic is a bad idea. Who could have predicted it?
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