Violence Erupts In Brazil After Carrefour Security Kills Black Man

PROTESTS occurred across Brazil on Friday after a Black man died after he was beaten by white security guards at a Carrefour grocery store in Porto Alegre.

A short video captured by a store employee showed one guard restraining the man, Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, just outside of the supermarket. Another security guard repeatedly struck Freitas’ face. Later clips recorded after the initial strikes showed a guard kneeling on Freitas’ back.

Protests were held outside several Carrefour stores across Brazil with demonstrators chanting “Black lives matter” and “Carrefour killer.” Fires were lit in some stores. Some protesters compared Freitas’ death to that of George Floyd, who died while in police custody earlier this year and sparked protests around the world.

“Carrefour’s hands are dirty with Black blood,” one demonstrator’s sign read.

The men who beat Freitas, one of whom the military said was an off-duty military policeman, have been detained