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'Vidas Negras Importam': Killing of black man on eve of Brazil's Black Consciousness Day sparks protests

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The death of a black man after being beaten by supermarket security guards in the city of Porto Alegre on the eve of Black Consciousness Day has sparked outrage across Brazil. The protests echoes this past year's demonstrations in the US. FRANCE 24's Pierre Le Duff and Laura Damabe report from Porto Alegre.

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