They arrested six people for the death of Joao Al …

Police Brazil arrested six people for death of Joao Alberto Silveira, the black man who passed away after receiving beating by security personnel of a supermarket in Porto Alegre. The forensic investigation revealed that Silveira’s cause of death was due to suffocation. In videos taken on the day of the event, it looks like the man was severely beaten by two members of the security of Carrefour. The victim was then reduced to the ground with the knee of one of the officers resting on his back. From this position he came to ask for help. “I am dyingSilveira said. The event awakened a wave of protests in Brazil against racial violence and recalled the case of George floyd in the USA.

“Inhuman and degrading treatment”

All six people involved in the death have been charged with murder. This is the agent Young Gaspar da Silva, the one responsible for suffocating Silveira; Paulo Francisco da Silva and Magno Braz Borges, other members of the security; the supervisor Adriana Alves Dutra; and employees Kleiton Silva Santos and Rafael Rezende. The event happened on November 19. After a verbal crossing with a cashier the man was led apparently peacefully by supermarket security to the door, where the beating took place. Once on the ground, one of the agents holds him back until Silveira stops moving.

The investigation revealed that the attacks were “exaggerated” and that the victim died of asphyxiation. “They treated him in a dehuman and degrading manner that daySaid Nadine Anflor, deputy head of the state civil police, the body responsible for the investigation. For her part, the head of the homicide department, Vanessa Pìtrez, said that the victim was treated in an intimidating way because of their social background. “We understand that another person, at that time, in this place, could benefit from different treatment,” said the head of the delegation. However, none of the defendants have been charged with a crime of racial violence, the site reported. G1.

“It was like the American cop”

In addition to the two security guards seen in the video, police have charged four other supermarket workers. According to research, all collaborated to prevent Silveira from being helped. The victim’s wife and others at the scene were not allowed to enter the man’s location. “When the victim had no more vital signs, Giovane, Magno, Adriana and Paulo remained inert, even though they had a hospital nearby., either only 1.2 km or three minutes. And, likewise, they waited for a Samu team (medical emergency) which arrived on the scene 14 minutes after being called, ”appears in the investigation to which he gave his consent. G1.

The case also included the recording of the call made by supervisor Alves Dutra to emergency medical personnel. During the interview, the woman never mentioned that the man was beaten by security guards. The emergency operator asked him if there had been a fight. The supervisor told him there had been beatings between customers. then He asked her to send an ambulance. Additionally, messages were found on the cell phone the woman exchanged with her contacts after the murder. In one of them he refers to Gaspar da Silva, the agent named as the main culprit, who was on the first day as a “security guard”. Alves Dutra wrote that Gaspar da Silvar made a mistake in immobilizing Silveira. “It was like the American cop who drowned the manThe supervisor wrote in a message. Police say she and Francisco da Silva could have prevented the attacks. The latter also allegedly prevented them from providing him with medical assistance more quickly.

The lawyer for the main defendant said he had not yet had access to the investigation published by the Brazilian press. “We need to check and, if necessary, challenge,” David Leal da Silva told the site Newspaper. The report does not specify the statements of the defense of the other defendants. The result of the investigation came three weeks after the event. The person responsible for the homicide said he had taken statements from more than 40 people. “The time taken for the report was due to its great complexity. Three forensic pathologists, pathologists and experts worked. Analysis of the scene of the crime, analysis of the victim, the body, during the autopsy. protocol “, explained Héloisa Helena Kuser, director of the General Institute of Expertise (IGP). Representatives of the company Carrefour declared that they had not yet had access to the police investigation. The security company Vector, hired by the French company, condemned what happened and confirmed that the six employees concerned have already been made redundant.