Busy riot police may be able to put Brazil fans' tears to good use

Sarah D. | 5:50 PM on July 08, 2014

Considering Brazil’s disastrous performance in today’s game against Germany, it’s no wonder that the country is bracing for riots:

DEVELOPING: Riot police being deployed throughout Brazil out of concern for violence following national team's #WorldCup2014 showing.

— Steve Grzanich (@SteveGrzanich) July 8, 2014

They’ve definitely got their work cut out for them. Fortunately, all those fans’ tears of anguish and despair could wind up coming in handy:

The only thing keeping Brazil from burning tonight is all the tears of the fans

— Stephen Deming (@sdeming8) July 8, 2014

Brazil is going to be on fire tonight. All of it. Everywhere. They'll use the tears of the fans to extinguish the flames. What a beatdown.

— David S. Poe (@Damn_Vandal) July 8, 2014

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