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

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

‘It is like a scene from centuries ago,’ said the detective investigating the case. Photograph: Sergio Moraes/Reuters
▼ 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 footageof 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.
“It is like a scene from centuries ago,” said detective Pedro Luis de Souza, describing the victim as “a defenceless, homeless black man ... A victim of society, I would say.”
Scenes of thieves – often young black men and teenagers – being tied up, tortured and even murdered are common in Brazil.
Even so, de Souza said he was “extremely shocked” when a journalist sent him the video on Monday afternoon. He began an inquiry, interviewed the victim and identified the two security guards.
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Really sad. Humanity is shamed again. Instead of physically assaulting him, they could have handed the boy over to cops for legal course.