'Brazil is an extermination camp': Anger after videos show man dying while police trap him in boot of their car

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Videos showing a Brazilian man dying while trapped in the boot of a police car have sparked anger and protests in Brazil.

The footage shows a handcuffed Genivaldo de Jesus Santos being bundled into the boot before officers released a gas cannister inside and leaned on the door.

They kept Mr Santos trapped inside as clouds of gas escaped from the vehicle.

After a short time, he stopped screaming and his legs - which had been hanging out from underneath the door - were motionless.

Mr Santos's wife, Maria Fabiana dos Santos, told news service Globo.com: "I don't even call it fatality.

"That was really a crime - they acted with cruelty to kill him."

The videos have sparked protests, with people blocking roads, setting tyres on fire, and holding signs calling for justice.

Mr Santos, 38, suffered from schizophrenia, according to his family, and he h...

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