Brazil judge sentences 3 former officers for killing of Black man

RIO DE JANEIRO —  A judge handed down long sentences Saturday to three former officers of Brazil’s Federal Highway Police over the 2022 death of a Black man who was killed by asphyxiation inside an SUV’s smoke-filled trunk. Video of officers forcibly keeping Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, in the back of their police vehicle as a dense cloud of what appeared to be tear gas emerged from the car sparked outrage across Brazil and protests in Umbauba, in the northeastern state of Sergipe. Police had said the man displayed aggressive behavior and was “actively resisting” the officers who pulled

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