The agents of the PRF (Federal Highway Policy) who were approaching the city of Umbaúba, in Sergipe, on Wednesday (25), which ended with the death of Genivaldo de Jesus Santos, 38, were removed this Thursday. (26). Videos shared on social media show the PRF car being used as a “gas chamber” with the victim trapped in the trunk.
“The PRF initiated a disciplinary process to clarify the facts and the agents involved were removed from policing activities. The institution reinforces its commitment to transparency and impartiality, values that have always guided its performance in 93 years of history.
In his official profile on Twitter, the Minister of Justice and Public Security, Anderson Torres, said that he ordered the opening of an investigation by the Federal Police and the PRF to investigate the case.
I ordered the opening of investigations by the @federal police and @PRFBrasil about yesterday’s police approach in Sergipe. Our aim is to clarify the episode with the brevity that the case requires. https://t.co/iLJ6FvfJpL
— Anderson Torres (@andersongtorres) May 26, 2022
Also this Thursday morning, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) declared that “no one admits execution”.
“I will find out with the PRF. What I saw two weeks ago, those two policemen executed by a criminal who was, he was walking around in Ceará. They went to negotiate with him, the guy took his gun and killed them both, maybe that, in this case that I didn’t know about yet, was in his head,” Bolsonaro said.
Genivaldo suffered from mental disorders, according to family reports. The initial report from the Legal Medical Institute confirmed the death from asphyxia and respiratory failure. The Civil and Federal police are investigating the case.
“The stop order was given, he stopped, put the bike on the stand and answered all the commands. The policeman asked him to lift his shirt, he did it and said he had the medicine in his pocket and with the doctor’s prescription indicating that he has mental problems, that’s when the policeman called for backup”, said Wallyson de Jesus, Genivaldo’s nephew.
The Federal Public Ministry also informed that it will monitor the investigations by the PF and the Civil Police. “[O MPF] it also asked the Federal Highway Police for information on the administrative process initiated for the purpose of investigating the police approach. The deadline for the bodies to send a response to the MPF is 48 hours,” the statement said.
Approach
The victim’s nephew said that the uncle stopped for the police and even warned that he had medicine in his pocket.
“The stop order was given, he stopped, put the bike on the stand and answered all the commands. The policeman asked him to lift his shirt, he did it and said he had the medicine in his pocket and with the prescription indicating that he has mental problems, that’s when the policeman called for backup”, he reported.
According to Wallyson, two other officers arrived and started what his nephew called a “torture session.”
“They took him by the arms and legs. They wanted to put handcuffs on his feet, but it didn’t fit, and they took a ribbon inside and tied it to him. They started stepping on it and after all that happened, they took my uncle, put it in the car and put a gas grenade”, says the victim’s nephew.
The images show two police officers holding Genivaldo inside the car, with his legs out.
According to Wallyson’s testimony, people who were close told the officers that Genivaldo had health problems.
“The car full of tear gas inside and he in the trunk, it was when the population could not stand that everyone was watching it and they started recording”, said the nephew.
(Posted by Carolina Farias)
Source: CNN Brasil
