Harrowing video appears to show officers pinning him inside the gas-filled car (via toofab)
The officers then open the trunk and push the man's motionless body further into the car.
"They threw a type of gas inside the suitcase, went to the police station, but my uncle was unconscious," his nephew said."In view of that, the police took him to the hospital, but it was too late." In a statement to the outlet, the Polícia Rodoviária Federal said the man had"actively resisted" arrest, so they used"immobilization techniques" and non-lethal instruments to subdue him,"due to his aggressiveness."José Nailson Moura hospital where he was treated, but later died.
The incident is under investigation to see whether any disciplinary action for the officers is required.
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