'Structural racism': UN urges reforms in Brazil after deadly beating of black man

Days of protests erupted after video showed Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas, who later died, being attacked by white security guard

The UN has said that the deadly beating of a black man by white guards in Brazil exemplified structural racism", and called for an independent investigation and urgent reforms in the country.

Several days of protest erupted in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil, after video footage last week showed 40-year-old welder Joao Alberto Silveira Freitas being punched in the face and head by a supermarket security guard while another guard held him. Freitas later died and the two men who attacked him are currently being investigated for homicide.