The United Nations Committee Against Torture recently released its findings calling on the United States government to completely investigate and prosecute police brutality and shootings of unarmed Black youth; and to ensure that weapons such as tasers are used sparingly.
Panel member, Alessio Bruni said the committee recommended complaints regarding use of force by police officers must be investigated promptly, effectively, and impartially by an independent mechanism. He noted that reports of “police violence” against Blacks and Latinos in Chicago, Illinois, were alarming.
The U.N. committee held its review of the U.S. human rights record on preventing torture, its first since 2006. The committee also stressed that the U.S. must correct the “excruciating pain and prolonged suffering” for prisoners during “botched executions” as well as rapes of inmates, and the extensive use of “solitary confinement.”
Americans are more aware and have taken a greater interest in human rights issues, according to Rebecca Landy, Human Rights Outreach Coordinator at the U.S. Human Rights Network. She explained to The Final Call why 70 people and organizations traveled to Geneva, Switzerland from November 11 to 13 to appear before the UN committee.
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