The games may have had some bumps along the road, but they most definitely weren’t headed for a failure. And then, gold medalist Ryan Lochte claimed that he and three other US swimmers were robbed at gunpoint while returning to the Olympic Village in Barra da Tijuca. Video footage revealed the swimmers weren’t robbed as they said and at a press conference on Thursday, Rio police confirmed no robbery took place. And unfortunately for Brazil, this incident is very much in line with its public image as well. At least with the image of Brazil where white US citizens get held up at gunpoint on the regular, and even the police aren’t to be trusted.

Source: The Bubble August 19, 2016 13:52 UTC