Blog: Pedestrian Blog

Italian clothing brand "Relish" are attracting criticism from the residents of Rio de Janeiro after an ad campaign featured Rio Policeman molesting and assaulting the models. The Special Secretary of Tourism of Rio de Janeiro, Pedro Antonio Figueira de Mello has asked for the images to be withdrawn from billboards and has asked for an explanation saying: "This type of advertising not only violates the Military Police it compromises the image of Rio and the residents of Rio themselves. It is unfortunate that events like those occurring in the 21st century." One particularly misogynistic image [...]