Protests in Brazil after black man killed
- by Leona Burton
- in World Media
- — Nov 25, 2020
The military police in Rio Grande do Sul state said the man had threatened a female worker at the supermarket, who called security.
In 2018, a security guard at a Carrefour in Sao Paulo state beat a stray dog to death with a metal bar.
Protests broke out across Brazil on Friday, the country's Black Consciousness Day, after a video went viral online showing a black man beaten to death by white security guards at a supermarket in the southern city of Porto Alegre on Thursday night.
Following the passing of George Floyd before this season in the united states, Black Lives Matter protests attracted countless thousands into the streets across the world.
Amateur footage of the fatal beating and tributes to the Black victim were published on social media.
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News website G1 later reported that an initial analysis by the state forensics institute indicated the cause of death could be asphyxiation.
The supermarket chain announced it would end its contract with the security firm, suspend the store manager and temporarily close the supermarket branch.
A Reuters photographer saw Black city council members protesting outside the supermarket, and a larger anti-racism demonstration was planned there for later on Friday, a Black Consciousness holiday in several cities across Brazil.
"Internal measures have immediately been implemented by the Carrefour Brazil, notably towards the security company involved".
More news: BC shatters single-day record with 941 new COVID-19 cases"But these measures will not be enough. My values, and the values of Carrefour do not allow for racism and violence", Bompard said.
He also called for a complete review of employee and sub-contractors' training on security, diversity and tolerance values, said a report.
Brazilian police used tear gas and rubber bullets Monday to disperse protesters marching against the death of a black man beaten to death by white guards at a Carrefour supermarket. Similarly, in Rio de Janeiro, around 200 protesters gathered outside of another Carrefour store location and shouted slogans. "Unfortunately, in Brazil, the Black man suffers from inequality and these things happen on a daily basis", he told The Associated Press.
Unsurprisingly, Brazil's Trump-like President Jair Bolsonaro has responded to the unrest by denying that racism exists in the country. It was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888.
Black Brazilians make up 64% of the country's unemployed, die younger and are nearly three times as likely to be victims of homicide, according to 2019 government data.
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