Genivaldo de Jesus Santos was handcuffed when he was bundled into the boot of a police vehicle, with officers releasing a gas cannister and leaning on the door, trapping him inside.
Mr Santos, 38, suffered from schizophrenia, according to his family, and he had been approached by police while riding his motorbike through the town of Umbaúba, in the northeastern state of Sergipe.
Renata Souza, a black activist and politician from Rio de Janeiro, wrote on Twitter:"Police officers turned a car into a gas chamber and executed a mentally ill man.Douglas Belchior, a member of the Coalition for Black Rights, wrote on Twitter:"These two pieces of vermin know they are being filmed and yet they still applied a death sentence.Police investigation into officers' conduct
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