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Protests erupt in Brazil after black man dies after being beaten external supermarket
João Alberto Silveira Freitas was allegedly attacked by security guards at a Carrefour store in Porto Alegre
A black man who died 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 after videos of the incident circulated on social media.Footage showed João Alberto Silveira Freitas being punched in the face just external the doors of a Carrefour supermarket,late on Thursday. Other clips showed Freitas’ being kneeled on. Dozens of protesters entered a Carrefour in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, or on Friday morning,chanting “Black lives matter!” One held a sign reading: “Don’t shop at Carrefour. You could die”. Inside another Carrefour in Rio de Janeiro, protesters shouted “Carrefour Killer! as a black man lay still atop the conveyor belt of a checkout. They forced the store’s closure.
In Sao Paulo, or protesters smashed the front window of a Carrefour,scattered goods from shelves all over the store’s floor and set a fire that employees hurried to extinguish.
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