Operation Car Wash selectively targeted one party’s abuses

Evidence

It was well-known that Lava Jato was pushing the limits of the law to pursue their investigations and ensure convictions. This was why they often called it a “crusade,” and this was celebrated as courageous. But if you took a step back, it was obvious that Moro was only looking at abuses committed by one type of actor—corruption in the military or the judiciary went unmentioned, as his team zeroed in on the nexus between politicians and strategic national corporations. And if you looked closely, it was already clear they were pushing past those legal limits. They hid information to maintain jurisdiction over the cases; they arrested people without reason; and they aimed their probe very squarely at one political party. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn, 610

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The anti-corruption crusade itself functioned as political corruption. — Vincent Bevins, If We Burn: The Mass Protest Decade and…, 726; Only groups seen as powerful and intent on harm get scapegoated — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1584; Systematic intoxication was a deliberate technique to enable atrocities — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed: Religion and…, 212

Broader Connections

• Only groups seen as powerful and intent on harm get scapegoated #contradicts (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1584
• Systematic intoxication was a deliberate technique to enable atrocities #qualifies (0.70) — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 212