Violence has erupted across Brazil on the eve of the country's Black Consciousness Day after a black man was beaten to death by supermarket security guards. A short clip showed one guard restraining Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas just outside the doors of a Carrefour supermarket in the city of Porto Alegre. The death has sparked violence on the streets of Brazil and led to the intimidation of Carrefour supermarkets by rowdy anti-racism protesters. A short clip showed one guard restraining Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas just outside the doors of a Carrefour supermarket in the city of Porto Alegre. In 2018, a security guard at a Carrefour in Sao Paulo state beat a stray dog to death with a metal bar.

Source: Daily Mail November 21, 2020 08:29 UTC