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Rio de Janeiro, Nov 20 (EFE).- Protests held across Brazil on Friday denounced the fatal beating of a Black man at the hands of two security guards at a supermarket, an incident that has drawn comparisons to the death of American George Floyd.Welder João Alberto Silveira Freitas, 40, died on Thursday night after being beaten by two security guards outside the doors of a Carrefour supermarket, while an employee filmed the incident close by, in the southern city of Porto Alegre, on the eve of Black Awareness Day. (Camera: JANAINA QUINET). SHOT LIST: A PROTEST AGAINST RACISM AFTER THE MURDER OF JOAO SILVEIRA, AT A CARREFOUR SUPERMARKET IN RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
People protested in a Carrefour supermarket in Rio de Janeiro after the death of a Black man beaten by white security guards at another branch in Porto Alegre. The killing has sparked outrage on social networks and overshadowed Brazil's Black Consciousness Day, a holiday in several states.
The death of a black man after being beaten by white security guards at a supermarket has sparked protests across Brazil as the country celebrated Black Consciousness Day. The military police in Rio Grande do Sul state said the man had threatened a female worker at the supermarket, who called security. The victim, named as 40-year-old welder Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, lost consciousness during the assault and died on the spot as medics tried to revive him.
People protest in Porto Alegre after the death of a Black Brazilian man beaten by white security guards at a supermarket run by the French group Carrefour in the southern city. The incident has sparked outrage across Brazil as the country celebrates Black Consciousness Day. IMAGES
Sao Gonçalo, Nov 22 (EFE).-Brazil lived Sunday, for the third day in a row, a new day of protests against racism after a black client was killed at the hands of two security guards at a supermarket in Porto Alegre (south).(Camera: JANAINA QUINET)SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN SAO GONCALO (BRAZIL) AGAINST RACISM AFTER THE KILLING OF A BLACK MAN IN A SUPERMARKET.
New demonstrations against racism took place Sunday outside Carrefour supermarkets in Brazil to protest the death of a black man beaten to death by white guards at a Porto Alegre store branch. A video taken Thursday night in the southern city showed 40-year-old welder Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas repeatedly being punched in the face and head by a security guard while he is being restrained by another at a Carrefour market. FRANCE 24's Pierre Le Duff tells us more.