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19
November
2020

João Alberto Silveira Freitas is killed by private security guards

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📅 19 November 2020 📍 Brazilië

João Alberto Silveira Freitas, a Black man, was beaten to death by private security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in Porto Alegre on the eve of Black Consciousness Day. The killing intensified public scrutiny of anti-Black violence in commercial spaces and the relationships among corporations, outsourced security, and state accountability. His death became a catalyst for protest, while family members and activists rejected explanations that treated the killing as an isolated incident detached from Brazil’s racial hierarchy.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

João Alberto Silveira Freitas

his family

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Carrefour

private security contractors

anti-racist organizers