U.N. rights body to examine 'systemic' U.S. racism and police brutality

[snoop1130]

U.N. rights body to examine 'systemic' U.S. racism and police brutality

 

People react on Highway 395 during a demonstration against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, U.S., June 14, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights body will hold an urgent debate on allegations of "systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United States on Wednesday, a statement said.

 

The decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council followed a request last week by Burkina Faso on behalf of African countries, it said in a statement on Monday.

 

The United States is not a member of the 47-member state forum in Geneva, having quit it two years ago alleging bias against its ally Israel.

 

"The death of George Floyd is unfortunately not an isolated incident," said the African group's letter made public by the United Nations.

 

It was referring to the African American who died on May 25 under the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer, igniting nationwide protests and demonstrations worldwide.

 

"The numbers of previous cases of unarmed people of African descent who met the same fate because of uncontrolled police violence are legion," the letter said.

 

The "international outrage" provoked by the death underlined the importance of the Human Rights Council discussing these issue, it said, noting that 600 activist groups and victims' relatives had called last week for a special session.

 

The Minneapolis City Council on Friday unanimously passed a resolution to pursue a community-led public safety system to replace the police department following Floyd's death.

 

The death of Rayshard Brooks, a black man killed by a white police officer in Atlanta on Friday, reignited protests in the city. It has been ruled a homicide caused by gunshot wounds to the back, the examiner's office said on Sunday.

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-06-15

 

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[Jingthing]

They're over 100 years too late, but better late than never.

So what are they going to do? Send a critical letter to the current white nationalist president? 

[rvaviator]

???? ... Blue helmets to patrol the cities in US ... That be the day ...

[daoyai]

Will they start an honest conversation?,, no way, they know what their mission is..... and oh yea, all lives matter.

[riclag]

11 minutes ago, daoyai said:

Will they start an honest conversation?,, no way, they know what their mission is..... and oh yea, all lives matter.

All lives matter,agree ! Where are the  protests when blacks murder black police officers ,who are protecting businesses  from looters  

[Chomper Higgot]

7 minutes ago, riclag said:

All lives matter,agree ! Where are the  protests when blacks murder black police officers ,who are protecting businesses  from looters  

There is nothing in the statement ‘Black Lives Matter’ that negates the fact other non Black lives matter.

 

 

[Puchaiyank]

But wait a minute!  The US has made the cleanup of human rights violations the cornerstone of their foreign aid policy.  

 

Does this mean that the UN will withhold US funding unless the US follows their guidelines?

 

????

[daoyai]

23 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There is nothing in the statement ‘Black Lives Matter’ that negates the fact other non Black lives matter.

 

 

true, but then why such negative reactions to the more inclusive statement "all lives" ?  

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The decision by the U.N. Human Rights Council followed a request last week by Burkina Faso on behalf of African countries, it said in a statement on Monday.

 

Trump's "sh**hole" countries finally strike back....  How appropriate...and long overdue...

 

And Trump's response likely will be -- an upcoming tweet announcing his plan to have the U.S. resign from the United Nations...   

 

Can't resign from the U.N. Human Rights Council alone, since Trump and Co. apparently already pulled the U.S. out of that one in 2018.

 

Quote

 

Standing with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley slammed Russia, China, Cuba and Egypt for thwarting U.S. efforts to reform the council. She also criticized countries which shared U.S. values and encouraged Washington to remain, but “were unwilling to seriously challenge the status quo.”
 

Washington’s withdrawal is the latest U.S. rejection of multilateral engagement after it pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

 

 

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-rights-usa/u-s-quits-u-n-human-rights-body-citing-bias-vs-israel-alarming-critics-idUSKBN1JF24X

 

I'm Donald Trump, and I'm going to take my toys and go home if the other children won't play nice with me.... 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 minutes ago, daoyai said:

true, but then why such negative reactions to the more inclusive statement "all lives" ?  

 

Because the white boys were the masters, and the black boys were the slaves?

 

Because the white boys were doing the lynching, and the black boys were getting lynched?

 

Because the white boys got to vote, and the black boys got sprayed with fire hoses and were attacked by police dogs?

 

etc etc etc.

 

 

Edited June 15, 2020 by TallGuyJohninBKK

[Phoenix Rising]

36 minutes ago, Puchaiyank said:

But wait a minute!  The US has made the cleanup of human rights violations the cornerstone of their foreign aid policy.  

Let me correct that for you:

The US had made the cleanup of human rights violations the cornerstone of their foreign aid policy. Then came the swamp king and the US went from admired by many to laughed at by most.

 

[Eric Loh]

No problem. Trump will just quit the UN and cease funding. 

[daoyai]

20 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

Because the white boys were the masters, and the black boys were the slaves?

 

Because the white boys were doing the lynching, and the black boys were getting lynched?

 

Because the white boys got to vote, and the black boys got sprayed with fire hoses and were attacked by police dogs?

 

etc etc etc.

 

 

and now the "black boys" murder the "white boys"(and girls) at an astounding rate...  

[pegman]

Bring on the sanctions. 

[muffy]

Racism will always be ,and police will still do their job .

[flossie35]

13 hours ago, Puchaiyank said:

But wait a minute!  The US has made the cleanup of human rights violations the cornerstone of their foreign aid policy.  

 

Does this mean that the UN will withhold US funding unless the US follows their guidelines?

 

????

US uses human rights to bash people they don't like, but ignores violations by its friends - and by itself. Hypocrisy. They don't care at all for human rights as such.

[Pedrogaz]

Oh dear. There is no need for an enquiry. Trump already has the answer. The boys in blue are America's finest except for a few bad apples. 

[timendres]

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The top U.N. human rights body will hold an urgent debate on allegations of "systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United States on Wednesday, a statement said.

[Krataiboy]

17 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There is nothing in the statement ‘Black Lives Matter’ that negates the fact other non Black lives matter.

 

 

They just forgot to add the word "most".

[sqwakvfr]

In an alternate universe(where everything the UN does is a resounding success) I am working the PM Shift in South Central and I have to take a UN Observer with me and it is April 29 1992.  

[digger70]

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

U.N. rights body to examine 'systemic' U.S. racism and police brutality

There's Racism all over the world and police brutality all over the world .

the Un is cheesed of because DT  stopped the 10 Billion $ yearly contribution,He put it on hold for a while.

He should just tell them to mind their own business and forget about them let them Fund themselves.

[Baerboxer]

22 hours ago, Jingthing said:

They're over 100 years too late, but better late than never.

So what are they going to do? Send a critical letter to the current white nationalist president? 

 

Have you seen who the council members include?

 

Brazil, Libya, Venezuela, Sudan, Indonesia : all impartial bastions of human rights, democracy, freedoms - 555!

[Baerboxer]

21 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

There is nothing in the statement ‘Black Lives Matter’ that negates the fact other non Black lives matter.

 

 

 

That's true, grammatically speaking.

 

Now, therefore, if Black Lives Matter to these protesters, why aren't they protesting at the murder of a retired black police captain by a looter? Or the massive black on black killings in Chicago for instance?

 

Perhaps it should be renamed - Black Lives Matter when killed by Whites?

[Scott Tracy]

The UN can examine their backsides, as far the US is concerned. 

 

if they examine the US why not examine elsewhere, like the UK, for example, France, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India?

[samran]

25 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

Now, therefore, if Black Lives Matter to these protesters, why aren't they protesting at the murder of a retired black police captain by a looter? Or the massive black on black killings in Chicago for instance?

Who says they aren't?

 

[nausea]

The black on black killings are a far bigger problem than the white on black killings. Yeah, there's one or two extremists still about, but the overt racism I saw in yesteryear is long gone. Maybe among the police it's still a problem, like one of the most racist guys I ever knew joined the police force, but he'd be reaching retirement age about now, so I guess it will work itself out of the system. Just my personal experience working in offices and what have you. Nowadays, we tend to judge people on who they are rather than their skin colour or cultural back ground. Must admit though, it took me a lot of time working with people from various backgrounds to overcome the stereotypes, I started out from ground zero, being born in the 1950s, when a lot of this stuff was pretty much accepted.

[Crazy Alex]

22 hours ago, riclag said:

All lives matter,agree ! Where are the  protests when blacks murder black police officers ,who are protecting businesses  from looters  

Good question. While everyone has been counting how many black men are killed by cops, I've been wondering how many cops are killed by black men. I can't seem to find that data anywhere. I'd be willing to bet that along with higher rates of over violent crimes, blacks kills more cops than other races do. Somehow, I doubt that will be part of the "discussion".

[Crazy Alex]

37 minutes ago, samran said:

Who says they aren't?

 

Not who, but what. And the "what" is the absence of Black Lives Matter being there. As you know, Black Lives Matter only cares about certain black lives, not black lives in general. Here, you can learn from this lady:

 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11774155/george-floyd-protests-looters-black-lives-matter-lie/

[curlylekan]

Luckily in the US, plenty of police officers and others have lost their job and more for police brutality. Laws are being changed in the USA as we speak and the culture of police throughout the country is changing, for the better. Where is the Human rights council about racism against blacks in China, against abuse by the police over Hong Kongers, the major human rights violations they conduct in Xinjiang against Uyghurs - this is the greatest open discrimination in the world, yet the human rights council, which China has a lot of sway over wants to look at microaggressions in the USA - laughable? What a <deleted> poor organization it has become. It's about as useless as the WHO and the UN.

[curlylekan]

10 hours ago, flossie35 said:

US uses human rights to bash people they don't like, but ignores violations by its friends - and by itself. Hypocrisy. They don't care at all for human rights as such.

Please tell me 1 country or 1 person who is not a hypocrite. I bet no one can, not because no one is able to, but because we don't live in a black and white world, the world is full of grey. The only absolute is death. However, this does not mean that countries cannot still fight for human rights around the world and try to lessen their own human rights violations. To me that seems what the US and other western countries try to do. Look at China with the human rights violations of Hong Kongers, Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Tibetans - that is a lot more violations than what any western power does.