Video of black teen whipped for stealing chocolate sparks outrage in Brazil

[Judi Lynn]

Footage of gagged child prompts comparisons to treatment of black people during three centuries of slavery

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Tue 3 Sep 2019 18.59 EDT

Naked and whimpering, his trousers around his ankles, the black teenage boy jerks and howls with pain as he is whipped with electric cable.

“Are you going to come back?” asks one of his tormentors. The youth shakes his head, unable to speak because he has been gagged.

Even by Brazilian standards of racism and cruelty, the whipping of the boy after he was caught stealing four bars of chocolate from a São Paulo supermarket has caused deep shock.

Cellphone footage of the boy’s ordeal has been widely shared, and many – including the detective investigating the case – have drawn comparisons with the country’s treatment of black people during three centuries of slavery.

More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/brazil-teenager-whipped-stealing-chocolate

[HelenWheels]

1. It's not the stealing, it's the joy police get from the punishing

The video shows the cops whipping the genital area of the boy with an electric cord, the boy is forbidden to protect the area with his hands.

[Judi Lynn]

2. My god. I didn't have the courage to see what they did. That's pure evil.

He'll be damaged forever in spirit. Brazil has so many desperately poor people. It would be a real playground for sadists who have the "law" on their sides.

Someone would have to be a criminal not to allow someone, a boy, at that, to try to protect himself from a merciless beating.

[Judi Lynn]

3. I did a double-take seeing your name, as it didn't register at first, as in "now wait a minute!"

Good one.