They devote themselves to winning over City of God residents scarred by decades of violence — some at the hands of the police.

他们致力于赢取“上帝之城”的居民的好感和支持，因为在过去的几十年里，这里的居民生活的伤痕累累，这些伤害的一部分就是警察造成的。

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Meanwhile, city officials have been skeptical of handing over total control to private hands, a reasonable concern as the spectre of emergency management haunts the city and its black voters.

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Posing as a dealer, he gained Sam's trust by making buys over the phone and often swinging by his booth in the city's Chinatown section just to shake hands.

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