Brazilians are furious over the asphyxiation death that is shown in a YouTube video of the Black man being held by two Brazilian police officers. Federal Highway Police. The trunk of the SUV was suffused with smoke. The officers resisted Genivaldo De Jesus Santos (38) from being detained from Umbauba in the northern part of Sergipe. A thick cloud of smoke which appears to be tear gas is visible out of the SUV.You can hear him screaming, and you can even see his legs sticking out of the vehicle. They kick for a few seconds and then stop, but they eventually stop. They are unaffected by people watching.
The photos created social media chaos on social media. A large number of protesters were gathered in Umbauba to demonstrate on Wednesday by blocking the road as well as burning tire.
In a tweet in a tweet, a man is heard in a tweet saying “The public is in a state of outrage.” “They murdered the guy!” Another man spoke through a loudspeaker in front of the crowd.
Federal Highway Police stated that the suspect was aggressive and resisted officers who stopped him. According to the police report the police officers put the man in a coma, and employed “instruments with less potential for offensiveness” to assist in keeping him in check.
According to the statement, Santos became ill while being transported to a precinct by officers. He was then transferred to a hospital, in which it was later confirmed that he died.
In the words of George Fernandes (a spokesperson for Sergipe the state’s forensic institute) An autopsy performed by a doctor discovered that the victim died due to respiratory failure caused due to “mechanical asphyxia”.
Alisson de Jesus, Santos’s nephew said to the local news station FANF1 that he saw the police arresting his uncle. Santos added that he was carrying prescriptions and medicines within his wallet. This suggests that Santos was suffering from mental health issues prior to the time that officers started what his nephew described as “a brutal session.”
He stated, “They took my uncle and placed him inside the vehicle. They then took a gas bomb and sealed the trunk with the man in it.” De Jesus claimed that his uncle was pushed and struck by officers prior to being put in the back in their vehicle.
“Police officers turned the vehicle into a gas-filled chamber and then executed a mentally ill man,” Renata Souza, an elected local human rights activist and politician posted on Twitter. Faced with this brutality it is beyond words. Brazil is a prison for extermination!
Brazilian society was stunned by the incidentthat revealed the institution’s failure to ensure its personnel adhere to the basic rules of conduct.
Jair Bolsonaro who is the president of the Federal Highway Police, said that he’d get details from the police about what happened. An incident of a different kind occurred last week, when an individual killed two officers of the highway working.
It was reported that the Federal Police opened an inquiry. Within 10 days they Federal Police must receive the complete, more thorough report from the institute for forensics.
The incident occurred just a few days after highway police officers took part during an incident that led to over 20 people dying within Rio de Janeiro. Though police have claimed the need to use deadly force due to the circumstances surrounding them local media have published stories that challenge this claim.
