jstern
11-21-2020, 02:27 AM
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil – More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the store.
The killing, which has sparked protests across Brazil, occurred late on Thursday when a store employee called security after the man threatened to attack her, cable news channel GloboNews said, citing the Rio Grande do Sul state military police.
Amateur footage of the fatal beating and tributes to the Black victim were published on social media. He was identified in local media by his father as 40-year-old Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas.
In Porto Alegre, protesters on Friday afternoon handed out stickers depicting the Carrefour logo stained with blood and called for a boycott of the chain. They held up a banner in Portuguese reading “Black Lives Matter” and signs calling for justice for Beto, a nickname for the victim.
The protest turned violent on Friday evening as the demonstrators smashed windows and delivery vehicles in the supermarket’s parking area. A Reuters witness saw police firing teargas at the protesters.
In Sao Paulo, dozens of protesters smashed the front windows of a Carrefour store with rocks, pulled off the front doors and stormed the building, spilling products into the aisles before dispersing. In Rio de Janeiro, roughly 200 shouting protesters gathered outside of another Carrefour store location.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPAkrfLmlE&bpctr=1605941429
The title of the video is also making sure to say "A black man" instead of simply a man. To me the guy looks just like other Brazilians. I just think that creates more unnecessary problems that will lead to destruction and the deaths of thousands in the years to come. It's almost as if Brazil also has a corrupt media that is trying to manipulate the public for whatever their purpose is. Probably because it benefit one party. More votes.
Edit: It shows that the video is age restricted, but I don't think it's brutal. Just a bunch of security guy trying to contain the guy.
The killing, which has sparked protests across Brazil, occurred late on Thursday when a store employee called security after the man threatened to attack her, cable news channel GloboNews said, citing the Rio Grande do Sul state military police.
Amateur footage of the fatal beating and tributes to the Black victim were published on social media. He was identified in local media by his father as 40-year-old Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas.
In Porto Alegre, protesters on Friday afternoon handed out stickers depicting the Carrefour logo stained with blood and called for a boycott of the chain. They held up a banner in Portuguese reading “Black Lives Matter” and signs calling for justice for Beto, a nickname for the victim.
The protest turned violent on Friday evening as the demonstrators smashed windows and delivery vehicles in the supermarket’s parking area. A Reuters witness saw police firing teargas at the protesters.
In Sao Paulo, dozens of protesters smashed the front windows of a Carrefour store with rocks, pulled off the front doors and stormed the building, spilling products into the aisles before dispersing. In Rio de Janeiro, roughly 200 shouting protesters gathered outside of another Carrefour store location.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkPAkrfLmlE&bpctr=1605941429
The title of the video is also making sure to say "A black man" instead of simply a man. To me the guy looks just like other Brazilians. I just think that creates more unnecessary problems that will lead to destruction and the deaths of thousands in the years to come. It's almost as if Brazil also has a corrupt media that is trying to manipulate the public for whatever their purpose is. Probably because it benefit one party. More votes.
Edit: It shows that the video is age restricted, but I don't think it's brutal. Just a bunch of security guy trying to contain the guy.