Racial profiling: UN watchdog slams police shootings of blacks in US
A UN watchdog on Friday slammed police shootings of blacks in the United States, days after a decision not to prosecute a white officer who shot and killed an unarmed black teen sparked nationwide protests.
With tensions still running high after Monday’s decision by a Missouri grand jury not to charge a white policeman who shot dead 18-year-old Michael Brown on August 9, the UN Committee Against Torture published conclusions from its review earlier this month of the US record.
It lamented “racial profiling by police and immigration offices and growing militarisation of policing activities.”
It urged Washington to ensure that all cases of police brutality are investigated promptly, effectively.
The committee urged Washington to close Guantanamo, and voiced concern over “the ongoing failure to fully investigate allegations of torture and ill-treatment of suspects held in US custody abroad.”
Published in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2014.
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