Tuesday Takedown: Security Fails Marring Best World Cup

Security at this year's FIFA World Cup has been intensely scrutinized, starting months in advance as host country Brazil raced to get its stadiums ready for the 32-team tournament, a topic addressed by AB's Michael Gaio last month. Next came the safety of athletes, coaches and spectators.

Growing concern over street crime, gangs, terrorism and transportation gridlock led Brazil to employ approximately 170,000 security personnel to ensure those security threats were addressed. And that's not all. Bomb-busting robots, surveillance drones and anti-aircraft tanks were also being utilized to protect those visitors to a country with one of the highest murder rates in the world. Too bad similar attention wasn't paid to the stadiums themselves. Despite being the best World Cup I've watched in four years, there have been numerous safety and security failures at various stadiums through the first two weeks of the tournament — failures that should've been easily preventable.

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