An astonishing justification of poor behaviour:
The nine Australians charged with falsifying documents are innocent pawns in a war declared by Brazilian authorities on Olympic athletes in the wake of the Ryan Lochte incident.
The fact that Lochte at best distorted the truth, at worst lied, over an incident when he and three US teammates were allegedly robbed, has angered the Brazilian police who feel that they and their country have been defamed.
To be sure “falsifying documents” isn’t quite as bad, I suppose, as falsifying a police report but nonetheless the Brazilian police are onto the poor behaviour that the Olympic Games seems promote. Just last week a senior Olympic official was caught scalping tickets.