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João Alberto Silveira Freitas, 40, was beaten and killed by two white men in Porto Alegre. – Photo: Playback / Social networks
Images show man attacked in supermarket in Porto Alegre
Freitas was beaten and killed by two white men guarding a Carrefour unit in the state capital. The suspects received protective custody. The initial report notes that the 40-year-old welder died of suffocation.
See below the repercussion of the international press
The Washington Post (United States)
‘The death of a black man after a brutal beating by the security guards enrages Brazil,’ says the headline of the report ‘Washington Post’ – Photo: ‘The Washington Post’ / Playback
The US newspaper highlighted the brutality of the security guards, saying that Freitas was “savagely beaten.” The publication also featured protests across the country and recalled the events that took place in the United States after George Floyd’s death in May.
‘Wave of indignation in Brazil over the death of a black man after a brutal beating in a supermarket’, says the headline of the newspaper ‘La Nación’ – Photo: ‘La Nación’ / Reproduction
The report in the Argentine newspaper, based on the findings of the agency France Presse, mentions the “wave of indignation” after a “brutal beating” in the supermarket. “La Nación” also recalled that this Friday Brazil celebrates Black Awareness Day.
‘The fatal beating of two white guards against a black client puts racism in focus in Brazil,’ says a report from the newspaper ‘El País’ – Photo: ‘El País’ / Playback
In the report, the Spanish newspaper cites Porto Alegre as “a whitest city in Brazil” and mentions that the murder occurred in the middle of the municipal electoral campaign. El País also recalled Vice President Hamilton Mourão’s statement that “there is no racism in Brazil.”
‘Brazil is outraged by the death of a black man, beaten by security agents’, reads the title of the report ‘Le Parisien’ – Photo: ‘Le Parisien’ / Playback
“It is an excess of emotion and anger that is currently expressed in Brazil,” says the opening of the report in the French newspaper. The newspaper recalls that the supermarket belongs to the Carrefour group, a chain of French origin.
‘The security guards are accused of killing a black man’, reads the title of a report on the website of the magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ – Photo: ‘Der Spiegel’ / Playback
The German magazine’s website portrayed João Alberto’s death after what it called a “deadly attack” by security guards. “Discrimination against blacks is widespread in the South American country,” says the “Der Spiegel” report.
