VIOLÊNCIA, SAÚDE E CLASSES SOCIAIS

These short editorial lines opening this issue of Revista Katalyses, entitled: Violence, Health, and Social Classes, recap the murder Joao Alberto, a 40-year-old black man, who “was beaten killed by two security guards at unit Carrefour supermarket chain, in Porto Alegre” (CARTA CAPITAL, 2020). The homicide was carried out suspects, one whom military policeman other guard store. Such savagery occurred on eve Brazilian Black Awareness Day, November 20, it not veiled violence. unfortunate event filmed onlookers shared social media, later going viral.