However_AV0 ,_PUN these_DT0 achievements_NN2 were_VBD short-lived_AJ0 ._SENT Within_PRP a_AT0 few_DT0 months_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 police_NN2 officer_NN1 who_PNQ had_VHD shot_VVN Eduardo_NP0 was_VBD absolved_VVN of_PRF guilt_NN1 by_PRP an_AT0 internal_AJ0 review_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 intensity_NN1 of_PRF police_NN2 interventions_NN2 into_PRP the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 escalated_VVN ._SENT From_PRP this_DT0 point_NN1 forward_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 conversations_NN2 I_PNP had_VHD with_PRP both_DT0 police_NN2 and_CJC activists_NN2 were_VBD weighed_VVN down_AVP with_PRP fatigue_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF failure_NN1 ._SENT Then_AV0 in_PRP September_NP0 2019_CRD ,_PUN a_AT0 year_NN1 in_PRP which_DTQ Rio_NP0 's_POS police_NN2 committed_VVD 1_CRD ,_PUN 814_CRD homicides_NN2 (_PUL Andreoni_NP0 and_CJC Londoño_NP0 2020_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN an_AT0 eight-year-old_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 named_VVN Agatha_NP0 Félix_NP0 was_VBD killed_VVN as_CJS she_PNP rode_VVD home_AV0 in_PRP a_AT0 van_NN1 seated_VVD next_ORD to_PRP her_DPS mother_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 police_NN2 officer_NN1 riding_VVG alongside_AV0 on_PRP a_AT0 motorcycle_NN1 looked_VVD through_PRP the_AT0 van_NN1 's_POS window_NN1 and_CJC mistook_VVD a_AT0 smartphone_NN1 for_PRP a_AT0 gun_NN1 ,_PUN firing_VVG at_PRP the_AT0 back_NN1 of_PRF Agatha_NP0 's_POS head_NN1 without_PRP identifying_VVG a_AT0 target_NN1 ._SENT Agatha_NP0 's_POS death_NN1 ,_PUN much_DT0 like_PRP that_DT0 of_PRF Eduardo_NP0 four_CRD years_NN2 earlier_AV0 ,_PUN sparked_VVD street_NN1 protests_NN2 and_CJC elevated_VVD the_AT0 profile_NN1 and_CJC cause_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 's_POS activists_NN2 ._SENT Repeating_VVG a_AT0 cycle_NN1 I_PNP witnessed_VVD years_NN2 earlier_AV0 ,_PUN police_NN2 operations_NN2 once_AV0 again_AV0 intensified_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC activists_NN2 '_POS complaints_NN2 against_PRP police_NN2 violence_NN1 were_VBD mostly_AV0 ignored_VVN by_PRP policy_NN1 makers_NN2 ._SENT 
Unlike_AJ0 years_NN2 earlier_AV0 ,_PUN I_PNP was_VBD in_PRP the_AT0 US_NP0 when_CJS Agatha_NP0 died_VVD and_CJC could_VM0 only_AV0 follow_VVI the_AT0 events_NN2 via_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 ._SENT My_DPS response_NN1 to_PRP Agatha_NP0 's_POS death_NN1 felt_VVD lessened_VVN ,_PUN more_AV0 delayed_VVN ,_PUN and_CJC emotionally_AV0 cooler_AJC in_PRP comparison_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 terrifying_AJ0 experience_NN1 that_CJT I_PNP had_VHD shared_VVN with_PRP the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 after_PRP Eduardo_NP0 's_POS death_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP instinctively_AV0 tried_VVD to_TO0 find_VVI a_AT0 broken_AJ0 line_NN1 of_PRF communication_NN1 or_CJC a_AT0 missed_AJ0 emotional_AJ0 cue_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP quickly_AV0 recognized_VVD that_CJT my_DPS initial_AJ0 interpretation_NN1 of_PRF failure_NN1 ,_PUN one_PNI that_CJT focused_VVD attention_NN1 on_PRP technological_AJ0 miscommunications_NN2 ,_PUN was_VBD a_AT0 highly_AV0 subjective_AJ0 projection_NN1 of_PRF my_DPS own_DT0 limits_NN2 as_PRP a_AT0 researcher_NN1 ._SENT 
How_AVQ can_VM0 ethnographers_NN2 create_VVI a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF continuity_NN1 out_AVP of_PRF digital_AJ0 rupture_NN1 ?_SENT While_CJS I_PNP did_VDD not_XX0 feel_VVI the_AT0 same_DT0 combination_NN1 of_PRF emotional_AJ0 and_CJC physical_AJ0 terror_NN1 for_PRP Agatha_NP0 's_POS death_NN1 as_CJS I_PNP had_VHD for_PRP Eduardo_NP0 's_POS ,_PUN digital_AJ0 observation_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 emotionless_AJ0 ._SENT My_DPS desire_NN1 to_TO0 understand_VVI failure_NN1 embraces_VVZ the_AT0 ethnographic_AJ0 practice_NN1 of_PRF linking_VVG our_DPS ostensibly_AV0 distorted_AJ0 digital_AJ0 world_NN1 with_PRP something_PNI that_CJT seems_VVZ more_AV0 innate_AJ0 ,_PUN embodied_VVD ,_PUN and_CJC historical_AJ0 ._SENT For_PRP both_DT0 activist_NN1 and_CJC digital_AJ0 ethnographer_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF failure_NN1 provides_VVZ a_AT0 means_NN0 to_TO0 empathize_VVI ,_PUN to_TO0 analyze_VVI shared_AJ0 goals_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC to_TO0 create_VVI new_AJ0 paths_NN2 forward_AV0 ._SENT 
Identifying_VVG Abolitionist_AJ0 Failure_NN1 on_PRP Social_AJ0 Media_NN0 
While_CJS there_EX0 is_VBZ no_AT0 '_PUQ right_AJ0 way_NN1 '_PUQ for_PRP activists_NN2 to_TO0 address_VVI the_AT0 challenges_NN2 they_PNP face_VVB ,_PUN the_AT0 way_NN1 in_PRP which_DTQ modern_AJ0 police_NN2 abolitionists_NN2 address_VVB these_DT0 challenges_NN2 determines_VVZ their_DPS effects_NN2 on_PRP a_AT0 broader_AJC society_NN1 (_PUL Freeman_NN1 1972_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Abolitionists_NN2 are_VBB opposed_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 piecemeal_AJ0 reform_NN1 of_PRF institutions_NN2 and_CJC ,_PUN instead_AV0 ,_PUN seek_VVB policies_NN2 that_CJT will_VM0 end_VVI ,_PUN defund_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC deinstitutionalize_VVB police_NN2 forces_NN2 ._SENT At_PRP a_AT0 grassroots_NN2 level_NN1 ,_PUN abolitionists_NN2 seek_VVB to_TO0 fire_VVI violent_AJ0 officers_NN2 ,_PUN support_VVB the_AT0 families_NN2 of_PRF victims_NN2 ,_PUN change_NN1 laws_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC organize_VVB street_NN1 protests_NN2 ._SENT Arguably_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 principal_AJ0 challenge_NN1 of_PRF modern_AJ0 abolitionists_NN2 is_VBZ to_TO0 communicate_VVI a_AT0 goal_NN1 that_DT0 is_VBZ neither_AV0 utopic_AJ0 nor_CJC dystopic_AJ0 ,_PUN but_CJC rather_AV0 an_AT0 achievable_AJ0 public_AJ0 policy_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 use_NN1 of_PRF social_AJ0 media_NN0 has_VHZ made_VVN abolitionists_NN2 and_CJC their_DPS practices_NN2 more_AV0 visible_AJ0 ._SENT However_AV0 ,_PUN when_CJS new_AJ0 episodes_NN2 of_PRF police_NN2 abuse_NN1 draw_VVB the_AT0 public_NN1 's_POS attention_NN1 on_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 ,_PUN provoking_VVG a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF violent_AJ0 repetition_NN1 and_CJC inescapability_NN1 (_PUL Scott_NP0 2019a_NP0 )_PUR ,_PUN the_AT0 mere_AJ0 persistence_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 carceral_NN1 state_NN1 instills_VVZ a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF failure_NN1 ._SENT Rather_AV0 than_CJS blaming_VVG shortcomings_NN2 on_PRP individuals_NN2 or_CJC the_AT0 logical_AJ0 underpinnings_NN2 of_PRF abolitionism_NN1 or_CJC digital_AJ0 divides_NN2 ,_PUN many_DT0 social_AJ0 media_NN0 activists_NN2 see_VVB the_AT0 moral_AJ0 arc_NN1 of_PRF history_NN1 as_PRP long_AJ0 and_CJC failure_NN1 as_CJS finite_AJ0 ._SENT 
Twenty-first-century_AJ0 activists_NN2 overcome_VVB their_DPS failures_NN2 by_PRP connecting_VVG with_PRP a_AT0 lineage_NN1 of_PRF anti-racist_AJ0 humanist_AJ0 vocabularies_NN2 and_CJC personalities_NN2 that_CJT dates_VVZ back_AVP to_PRP the_AT0 nineteenth-century_AJ0 fight_NN1 against_PRP slavery_NN1 (_PUL Gross_NP0 and_CJC Thomas_NP0 2017_CRD ;_PUN Roberts_NP0 2019_CRD )_PUR ._SENT The_AT0 Internet_NN1 allows_VVZ activists_NN2 to_TO0 filter_VVI more_AV0 historical_AJ0 and_CJC global_AJ0 logics_NN2 through_PRP local_AJ0 idiosyncrasies_NN2 (_PUL Bonilla_NP0 and_CJC Rosa_NP0 2015_CRD ;_PUN Juris_NP0 2016_CRD ;_PUN Scott_NP0 2019b_NP0 )_PUR ._SENT An_AT0 example_NN1 of_PRF these_DT0 memetic_NN1 potentials_NN2 is_VBZ the_AT0 recent_AJ0 globalization_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Black_AJ0 Lives_NN2 Matter_VVB movement_NN1 ,_PUN often_AV0 translated_VVN by_PRP Brazilian_AJ0 activists_NN2 as_CJS "_PUQ Vidas_NP0 Negras_NP0 Importam_NP0 "_PUQ and_CJC "_PUQ Vidas_NP0 na_AT0 Favela_NN1 Importam_NN1 "_PUQ (_PUL Favela_NN1 Lives_NN2 Matter_NN1 )_PUR ._SENT Memetic_AJ0 potentials_NN2 also_AV0 emerge_VVB as_PRP these_DT0 phrasings_NN2 are_VBB translated_VVN into_PRP different_AJ0 policy_NN1 orientations_NN2 (_PUL Scott_NP0 2020_CRD )_PUR ._SENT While_CJS US_NP0 abolitionists_NN2 have_VHB called_VVN for_PRP "_PUQ defunding_VVG the_AT0 police_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ Brazil_NP0 's_POS social_AJ0 media_NN0 activists_NN2 have_VHB made_VVN similar_AJ0 calls_NN2 for_PRP a_AT0 ban_NN1 on_PRP policing_NN1 operations_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 favela_NN1 ._SENT 
Social_AJ0 media_NN0 allows_VVZ activists_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 US_NP0 and_CJC Brazil_NP0 to_TO0 establish_VVI an_AT0 ethical_AJ0 alignment_NN1 but_CJC also_AV0 creates_VVZ space_NN1 for_PRP highly_AV0 situated_VVN public_AJ0 policy_NN1 goals_NN2 and_CJC expressions_NN2 of_PRF failure_NN1 ._SENT Considering_VVG the_AT0 need_NN1 for_PRP contextualization_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 digital_AJ0 lexicon_NN1 of_PRF abolition_NN1 and_CJC failure_NN1 is_VBZ difficult_AJ0 to_TO0 transliterate_VVI ._SENT Local_AJ0 definitions_NN2 of_PRF failure_NN1 are_VBB tied_VVN to_PRP an_AT0 ethical_AJ0 reality_NN1 of_PRF right_AJ0 and_CJC wrong_AJ0 (_PUL Sloane-White_NN1 2008_CRD )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC public_AJ0 policies_NN2 are_VBB often_AV0 deemed_VVN failures_NN2 simply_AV0 by_PRP opposing_VVG a_AT0 community_NN1 's_POS common_AJ0 values_NN2 (_PUL Cernea_NP0 1997_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Rio_NP0 's_POS social_AJ0 media_NN0 activists_NN2 ,_PUN for_PRP example_NN1 ,_PUN have_VHB yet_AV0 to_TO0 adopt_VVI the_AT0 term_NN1 abolicionismo_NN1 (_PUL abolitionism_NN1 )_PUR as_CJS a_AT0 means_NN0 to_TO0 define_VVI their_DPS goal_NN1 of_PRF dismantling_VVG a_AT0 militaristic_AJ0 police_NN2 force_NN1 ._SENT Rather_AV0 ,_PUN while_CJS activists_NN2 use_VVB the_AT0 term_NN1 fracaso_NN1 (_PUL failure_NN1 )_PUR to_TO0 describe_VVI policing_NN1 interventions_NN2 ,_PUN they_PNP more_AV0 commonly_AV0 invoke_VVI forms_NN2 of_PRF deception_NN1 (_PUL maquigem_NN1 or_CJC make-up_NN1 )_PUR ._SENT Failure_NN1 is_VBZ symbolized_VVN in_PRP physical_AJ0 remnants_NN2 ,_PUN for_PRP example_NN1 ,_PUN defunct_AJ0 infrastructure_NN1 and_CJC gravestones_NN2 that_CJT suggest_VVB abandonment_NN1 (_PUL abandona_NP0 )_PUR ,_PUN and_CJC digital_AJ0 traces_NN2 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 posts_NN2 from_PRP critical_AJ0 community_NN1 members_NN2 ._SENT Identifying_VVG expressions_NN2 of_PRF failure_NN1 as_CJS they_PNP evolve_VVB over_PRP time_NN1 ,_PUN particularly_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 information_NN1 age_NN1 ,_PUN requires_VVZ a_AT0 flexible_AJ0 set_NN1 of_PRF definitions_NN2 and_CJC a_AT0 situated_VVN knowledge_NN1 of_PRF how_AVQ activist_NN1 critiques_NN2 are_VBB made_VVN visible_AJ0 or_CJC invisible_AJ0 on_PRP digital_AJ0 platforms_NN2 ._SENT 
A_AT0 Digital_AJ0 Ethnography_NN1 of_PRF Failure_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Favela_NN1 
Relying_VVG on_PRP digital_AJ0 ethnography_NN1 to_TO0 examine_VVI the_AT0 failure_NN1 of_PRF activist_NN1 movements_NN2 can_VM0 produce_VVI its_DPS own_DT0 limitations_NN2 and_CJC failures_NN2 ._SENT Since_PRP 2008_CRD ,_PUN I_PNP have_VHB documented_VVN a_AT0 broader_AJC movement_NN1 arguing_VVG for_PRP digital_AJ0 inclusion_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 favela_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP rely_VVB on_PRP both_DT0 in-person_AJ0 and_CJC online_AJ0 participant_NN1 observation_NN1 to_TO0 engage_VVI with_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 activists_NN2 ,_PUN paying_VVG close_AJ0 attention_NN1 to_PRP vocabularies_NN2 concerning_PRP street-level_AJ0 violence_NN1 that_CJT are_VBB mobilized_VVN on_PRP platforms_NN2 such_DT0 as_PRP Facebook_NN1 and_CJC WhatsApp_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 approach_NN1 has_VHZ taught_VVN me_PNP that_DT0 digital_AJ0 traces_NN2 ,_PUN for_PRP example_NN1 ,_PUN '_PUQ likes_VVZ '_PUQ ,_PUN comments_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 sharing_NN1 of_PRF content_NN1 ,_PUN are_VBB rarely_AV0 precise_AJ0 indicators_NN2 of_PRF a_AT0 more_AV0 embodied_VVN sentiment_NN1 ._SENT When_CJS possible_AJ0 ,_PUN more_AV0 traditional_AJ0 ethnographic_AJ0 methods_NN2 can_VM0 inform_VVI digital_AJ0 engagements_NN2 by_PRP developing_AJ0 historical_AJ0 depth_NN1 and_CJC contextualizing_VVG a_AT0 plurality_NN1 of_PRF voices_NN2 ._SENT Social_AJ0 media_NN0 makes_VVZ visible_AJ0 the_AT0 more_AV0 spectacular_AJ0 aspects_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 favela_NN1 's_POS abolitionist_NN1 movement_NN1 ,_PUN including_PRP the_AT0 organization_NN1 of_PRF street_NN1 protests_NN2 ,_PUN outreach_NN1 to_PRP journalists_NN2 and_CJC scholars_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 proximity_NN1 of_PRF leaders_NN2 to_PRP policy_NN1 makers_NN2 ._SENT I_PNP find_VVB that_CJT more_DT0 banal_AJ0 moments_NN2 of_PRF abolitionism_NN1 ,_PUN such_DT0 as_PRP organizing_VVG neighbors_NN2 with_PRP limited_AJ0 political_AJ0 interest_NN1 and_CJC jockeying_VVG for_PRP prestige_NN1 ,_PUN are_VBB less_AV0 visible_AJ0 on_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 ._SENT 
As_CJS a_AT0 form_NN1 of_PRF pseudo-archival_AJ0 research_NN1 ,_PUN social_AJ0 media_NN0 ethnography_NN1 can_VM0 provide_VVI unique_AJ0 insight_NN1 into_PRP the_AT0 contemporary_AJ0 history_NN1 of_PRF an_AT0 activist_NN1 movement_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 Complexo_NN1 's_POS modern_AJ0 abolitionist_NN1 movement_NN1 can_VM0 be_VBI traced_VVN to_PRP the_AT0 community_NN1 's_POS 2010_CRD pacificação_NN1 (_PUL pacification_NN1 )_PUR ,_PUN when_CJS community_NN1 members_NN2 live-tweeted_AJ0 policing_NN1 operations_NN2 and_CJC gained_VVD tens_CRD of_PRF thousands_CRD of_PRF followers_NN2 on_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 within_PRP days_NN2 ._SENT The_AT0 Complexo_NN1 's_POS new_AJ0 police_NN2 force_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 UPP_NP0 (_PUL Pacification_NN1 Police_NN2 Unit_NN1 )_PUR ,_PUN promised_VVD to_TO0 address_VVI social_AJ0 needs_NN2 as_CJS well_AV0 as_CJS security_NN1 issues_NN2 ._SENT However_AV0 ,_PUN activists_NN2 linked_VVD the_AT0 deaths_NN2 of_PRF both_DT0 Agatha_NP0 and_CJC Eduardo_NP0 to_PRP the_AT0 proximity_NN1 policing_NN1 implemented_VVN by_PRP an_AT0 increasingly_AV0 renegade_AJ0 UPP_NP0 ._SENT Within_PRP a_AT0 year_NN1 of_PRF pacification_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Fora_NN2 UPP_NP0 "_PUQ (_PUL Get_VVB out_AVP UPP_NP0 )_PUR became_VVD a_AT0 common_AJ0 #hashtag_NN1 online_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC dozens_CRD of_PRF activists_NN2 from_PRP the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 now_AV0 had_VHD thousands_CRD of_PRF followers_NN2 on_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 ._SENT 
Digital_AJ0 ethnography_NN1 reveals_VVZ a_AT0 more_AV0 public_AJ0 organizational_AJ0 structure_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 movement_NN1 and_CJC how_AVQ activists_NN2 prioritize_VVB collective_AJ0 narratives_NN2 ._SENT Following_VVG the_AT0 social_AJ0 relationships_NN2 of_PRF similar_AJ0 abolitionist_NN1 movements_NN2 ,_PUN I_PNP engaged_VVD a_AT0 core_NN1 group_NN1 of_PRF charismatic_AJ0 leaders_NN2 and_CJC directly_AV0 affected_VVN individuals_NN2 (_PUL i.e._AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 formally_AV0 incarcerated_VVN or_CJC mothers_NN2 of_PRF victims_NN2 )_PUR and_CJC a_AT0 dedicated_AJ0 yet_AV0 peripheral_AJ0 group_NN1 of_PRF self-declared_AJ0 allies_NN2 ._SENT Media_NN0 visibility_NN1 ,_PUN money_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC political_AJ0 access_NN1 are_VBB valuable_AJ0 commodities_NN2 within_PRP a_AT0 movement_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS these_DT0 commodities_NN2 '_POS change_NN1 hands_NN2 '_POS ,_PUN activists_NN2 experience_VVB a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF conflict_NN1 but_CJC also_AV0 a_AT0 desire_NN1 for_PRP internal_AJ0 flexibility_NN1 ._SENT Less_DT0 prominent_AJ0 activists_NN2 from_PRP the_AT0 favela_NN1 often_AV0 complained_VVN about_PRP more_DT0 prominent_AJ0 activists_NN2 who_PNQ traveled_VVD abroad_AV0 for_PRP international_AJ0 conferences_NN2 or_CJC corporate_AJ0 events_NN2 while_CJS violence_NN1 raged_VVD in_PRP their_DPS community_NN1 ._SENT Prominent_AJ0 activists_NN2 are_VBB sometimes_AV0 deemed_VVN manipulado_NN1 (_PUL manipulated_VVN )_PUR and_CJC accused_VVD of_PRF selfish_AJ0 political_AJ0 maneuverings_NN2 or_CJC outright_AJ0 theft_NN1 of_PRF donated_AJ0 goods_NN2 ._SENT I_PNP hear_VVB these_DT0 critiques_NN2 frequently_AV0 during_PRP street-level_AJ0 conversations_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC it_PNP is_VBZ nearly_AV0 impossible_AJ0 to_TO0 find_VVI negativity_NN1 in_PRP a_AT0 more_AV0 public_AJ0 digital_AJ0 space_NN1 ._SENT Conflict_NN1 is_VBZ often_AV0 resolved_VVN through_PRP private_AJ0 conversations_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 public_AJ0 register_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 critique_NN1 is_VBZ quickly_AV0 deleted_VVN once_CJS bridges_NN2 are_VBB mended_VVN between_PRP activists_NN2 ._SENT Internal_AJ0 critiques_NN2 and_CJC political_AJ0 maneuverings_NN2 within_PRP a_AT0 movement_NN1 ,_PUN however_AV0 banal_AJ0 ,_PUN are_VBB often_AV0 omitted_VVN from_PRP the_AT0 narratives_NN2 that_CJT activists_NN2 construct_VVB about_PRP their_DPS movements_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC social_AJ0 media_NN0 research_NN1 has_VHZ little_DT0 recourse_NN1 to_TO0 account_VVI for_PRP the_AT0 deletion_NN1 and_CJC self-censorship_NN1 of_PRF internal_AJ0 critiques_NN2 ._SENT 
Activists_NN2 shape_VVB narratives_NN2 about_PRP their_DPS movement_NN1 by_PRP aligning_VVG themselves_PNX with_PRP authoritative_AJ0 actors_NN2 in_PRP corporate_AJ0 journalism_NN1 ,_PUN political_AJ0 parties_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC government_NN1 agencies_NN2 ._SENT However_AV0 ,_PUN even_AV0 in_PRP the_AT0 most_AV0 transcendent_AJ0 movements_NN2 ,_PUN there_EX0 can_VM0 be_VBI deep-rooted_AJ0 forms_NN2 of_PRF anti-blackness_NN1 and_CJC anti-abolition_NN1 that_CJT seep_VVB in_AVP through_PRP interventions_NN2 made_VVN by_PRP parties_NN2 outside_AV0 of_PRF the_AT0 movement_NN1 (_PUL Wilderson_NP0 2003_CRD )_PUR ._SENT For_PRP example_NN1 ,_PUN social_AJ0 media_NN0 posts_NN2 from_PRP favela_NN1 activists_NN2 are_VBB often_AV0 used_VVN on_PRP Brazil_NP0 's_POS nightly_AJ0 news_NN1 programs_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC as_CJS a_AT0 result_NN1 many_DT0 activists_NN2 have_VHB become_VVN professional_AJ0 journalists_NN2 ._SENT Large_AJ0 multinational_AJ0 corporations_NN2 such_DT0 as_PRP Microsoft_NP0 ,_PUN Unilever_NP0 ,_PUN Coca-Cola_NP0 ,_PUN and_CJC Petrobras_NN2 also_AV0 collaborate_VVB with_PRP favela-based_AJ0 activists_NN2 ._SENT Corporate_AJ0 branding_NN1 (_PUL Scott_NP0 2020_CRD )_PUR and_CJC a_AT0 desire_NN1 to_TO0 reproduce_VVI middle-class_AJ0 consumerism_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 favela_NN1 (_PUL Scott_NP0 2019b_NN1 )_PUR are_VBB two_CRD of_PRF the_AT0 more_AV0 visible_AJ0 ways_NN2 that_CJT I_PNP found_VVD outside_PRP actors_NN2 attempting_VVG to_TO0 co-opt_VVI the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 's_POS abolitionist_NN1 movement_NN1 ._SENT Paulo_NP0 Freire_NP0 (_PUL 1970_CRD )_PUR refers_VVZ to_PRP similar_AJ0 alignments_NN2 as_CJS '_PUQ false_AJ0 generosity_NN1 '_POS where_AVQ outside_AJ0 interventions_NN2 often_AV0 promise_VVB to_TO0 address_VVI social_AJ0 problems_NN2 but_CJC also_AV0 maintain_VVB oppressive_AJ0 ways_NN2 of_PRF knowing_VVG the_AT0 world_NN1 ._SENT This_DT0 cloudiness_NN1 between_PRP activists_NN2 and_CJC powerful_AJ0 outsiders_NN2 can_VM0 be_VBI intensified_VVN by_PRP social_AJ0 media_NN0 ._SENT Once_CJS activists_NN2 collaborate_VVB with_PRP an_AT0 outside_AJ0 institution_NN1 ,_PUN their_DPS social_AJ0 media_NN0 profile_NN1 can_VM0 be_VBI consumed_VVN with_PRP corporate-branded_AJ0 projects_NN2 ,_PUN making_VVG it_PNP difficult_AJ0 for_PRP allies_NN2 and_CJC researchers_NN2 to_TO0 separate_VVI an_AT0 activist_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 brand_NN1 ._SENT 
Acts_NN2 of_PRF overt_AJ0 censorship_NN1 ,_PUN from_PRP police_NN2 and_CJC other_AJ0 violent_AJ0 actors_NN2 ,_PUN also_AV0 present_VVB a_AT0 challenge_NN1 to_PRP favela_NN1 activists_NN2 (_PUL Martins_NP0 2019_CRD )_PUR and_CJC can_VM0 cloud_VVI activist_NN1 online_AJ0 messaging_NN1 ._SENT Favela_NN1 activists_NN2 have_VHB experienced_VVN criminal_AJ0 investigations_NN2 ,_PUN have_VHB met_VVN with_PRP direct_AJ0 violence_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC have_VHB covertly_AV0 mobilized_VVN '_PUQ fake_AJ0 news_NN1 '_POS ._SENT Counter-abolitionists_NN2 claim_VVB that_CJT the_AT0 favela_NN1 's_POS human_AJ0 rights_NN2 activists_NN2 are_VBB making_VVG an_AT0 anarchistic_AJ0 apologia_NN1 ao_NN0 crime_NN1 (_PUL apology_NN1 for_PRP crime_NN1 )_PUR ;_PUN they_PNP often_AV0 shift_VVB the_AT0 definition_NN1 of_PRF victimhood_NN1 toward_PRP themselves_PNX and_CJC suggest_VVB that_CJT abolitionism_NN1 threatens_VVZ the_AT0 welfare_NN1 of_PRF police_NN2 officers_NN2 and_CJC everyday_AJ0 citizens_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 US_NP0 ,_PUN slogans_NN2 like_PRP "_PUQ Blue_AJ0 Lives_NN2 Matter_VVB "_PUQ and_CJC "_PUQ All_DT0 Lives_NN2 Matter_VVB "_PUQ rely_VVB on_PRP a_AT0 similar_AJ0 counter-narrative_NN1 that_CJT diminishes_VVZ experiences_NN2 of_PRF exclusion_NN1 and_CJC reasserts_VVZ dominance_NN1 over_PRP marginalized_AJ0 communities_NN2 (_PUL Solomon_NP0 et_NP0 al._NN1 2021_CRD )_PUR ._SENT These_DT0 counter-narratives_NN2 suggest_VVB that_CJT social_AJ0 media_NN0 has_VHZ the_AT0 same_DT0 potential_NN1 to_TO0 be_VBI suppressed_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 state_NN1 as_PRP previous_AJ0 methods_NN2 of_PRF social_AJ0 organization_NN1 ._SENT Oppressors_NN2 ,_PUN much_DT0 like_PRP liberators_NN2 ,_PUN are_VBB always_AV0 poised_VVN to_TO0 innovate_VVI ._SENT The_AT0 particular_AJ0 digital_AJ0 blind_AJ0 spots_NN2 that_CJT I_PNP encountered_VVD in_PRP the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 reflected_VVD a_AT0 small_AJ0 step_NN1 toward_PRP authoritarian_AJ0 misinformation_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 favela_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 desire_NN1 of_PRF powerful_AJ0 actors_NN2 to_TO0 disrupt_VVI the_AT0 relationship_NN1 between_PRP abolitionists_NN2 and_CJC their_DPS allies_NN2 ._SENT 
Conclusion_NN1 
A_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF failure_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 the_AT0 end_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 road_NN1 for_PRP activism_NN1 or_CJC digital_AJ0 ethnography_NN1 ,_PUN but_CJC rather_AV0 a_AT0 reason_NN1 to_TO0 create_VVI new_AJ0 strategies_NN2 (_PUL Musallam_NP0 2020_CRD )_PUR ._SENT My_DPS own_DT0 fraught_AJ0 relationship_NN1 with_PRP online_AJ0 abolitionists_NN2 follows_VVZ a_AT0 broader_AJC anthropological_AJ0 search_NN1 for_PRP social_AJ0 continuity_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP this_DT0 example_NN1 ,_PUN an_AT0 initial_AJ0 sense_NN1 of_PRF ethnographic_AJ0 shortcoming_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 feeling_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 dissolution_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 more_AV0 physically_AV0 defined_VVN field_NN1 ,_PUN was_VBD socially_AV0 productive_AJ0 ._SENT I_PNP shared_VVD a_AT0 sense_NN1 of_PRF failure_NN1 with_PRP my_DPS interlocutors_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC in_PRP doing_VDG so_AV0 I_PNP was_VBD made_VVN aware_AJ0 of_PRF strategies_NN2 to_TO0 adapt_VVI to_PRP a_AT0 constantly_AV0 innovating_AJ0 information_NN1 society_NN1 where_CJS social_AJ0 relationships_NN2 and_CJC identities_NN2 are_VBB constantly_AV0 broken_VVN down_AVP and_CJC remade_VVD ._SENT 
Orisanmi_NP0 Burton_NP0 (_PUL 2015_CRD )_PUR describes_VVZ a_AT0 similar_AJ0 "_PUQ explanatory_AJ0 crisis_NN1 "_PUQ for_PRP digital_AJ0 ethnographers_NN2 who_PNQ find_VVB themselves_PNX documenting_VVG lives_NN2 of_PRF communities_NN2 who_PNQ can_VM0 now_AV0 speak_VVI for_PRP themselves_PNX ._SENT Much_AV0 like_PRP abolitionist_NN1 movements_NN2 that_CJT are_VBB denied_VVN success_NN1 ,_PUN digital_AJ0 ethnographers_NN2 must_VM0 re-inform_VVI their_DPS work_NN1 and_CJC develop_VVB new_AJ0 modes_NN2 of_PRF communicating_VVG rather_AV0 than_CJS relying_VVG on_PRP previous_AJ0 conceptualizations_NN2 of_PRF in_PRP situ_NN1 witnessing_NN1 ._SENT Beyond_PRP looking_VVG for_PRP absences_NN2 in_PRP digital_AJ0 research_NN1 and_CJC gaps_NN2 in_PRP the_AT0 distorted_AJ0 nature_NN1 of_PRF online_AJ0 platforms_NN2 ,_PUN or_CJC framing_VVG the_AT0 shortcomings_NN2 of_PRF abolitionism_NN1 and_CJC social_AJ0 media_NN0 analysis_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 dead_AJ0 end_NN1 ,_PUN ethnographers_NN2 can_VM0 refocus_VVI on_PRP the_AT0 generative_AJ0 aspects_NN2 of_PRF failure_NN1 ._SENT I_PNP sought_VVD to_TO0 generate_VVI a_AT0 new_AJ0 sense_NN1 of_PRF field_NN1 and_CJC community_NN1 by_PRP aligning_VVG my_DPS sense_NN1 of_PRF digital_AJ0 failure_NN1 with_PRP the_AT0 abolitionists_NN2 '_POS sense_NN1 of_PRF disappointment_NN1 ._SENT 
My_DPS favela-based_AJ0 interlocutors_NN2 suggest_VVB that_CJT —_PUN in_PRP activism_NN1 and_CJC in_PRP ethnography_NN1 —_PUN the_AT0 failure_NN1 of_PRF one_CRD set_NN1 of_PRF strategies_NN2 is_VBZ not_XX0 always_AV0 an_AT0 indication_NN1 of_PRF defeat_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS the_AT0 result_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 COVID-19_AJ0 pandemic_AJ0 ,_PUN police_NN2 operations_NN2 in_PRP 2020_CRD were_VBD dramatically_AV0 reduced_VVN in_PRP Rio_NP0 's_POS favelas_NN2 ,_PUN leading_VVG to_PRP an_AT0 equally_AV0 dramatic_AJ0 72_CRD percent_NN0 reduction_NN1 in_PRP homicides_NN2 (_PUL Mena_NP0 2020_CRD )_PUR ._SENT Finding_VVG an_AT0 unexpected_AJ0 victory_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Complexo_NN1 's_POS social_AJ0 media_NN0 activists_NN2 organized_VVN to_TO0 fight_VVI another_DT0 case_NN1 of_PRF government_NN1 neglect_NN1 ._SENT 
