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SUSPECT
The show “Suspect” recreates the Western capitals have lived under
climate of fear and uncertainty the constant spectre of terrorism.
Available on Disney+, that gripped London after the This has given rise to more aggres-
"Suspect" follows terrorist attacks of July 7, 2005, sive security policies, greater sur-
a remarkable and when a series of coordinated ex- veillance of migrant communities,
disturbing episode plosions on the transport system and a growing normalization of
in British history: left dozens dead and injured. In suspicion as a form of prevention.
the death of a young the days that followed, the British The fight against terror became
Brazilian man shot by capital was on high alert, exacer- an international priority, but also
the authorities after bated by another attempted atta- fertile ground for abuses, hasty
being mistakenly ck, this time unsuccessful, on July decisions, and irreversible mis-
identified as a suicide 21. takes.
bomber.
This climate of tension was not In this context of globalised fear,
SARA QUELHAS unique to the United Kingdom. where the risk of acting too late
Since the attacks of September 11, seemed greater than the risk of
2001, in the United States, several acting wrongly, Jean- Charles de
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