Unprecedented two Statements by large group of United Nations experts on #BlackLivesMatter #FedUprising
▪️ refers to "uprising" as result of systemic racism
▪️ one calls killings "characteristic of lynching"
▪️ propose specific reforms
▪️ criticize Trump
justsecurity.org/70577/national…
▪️ refers to "uprising" as result of systemic racism
▪️ one calls killings "characteristic of lynching"
▪️ propose specific reforms
▪️ criticize Trump
justsecurity.org/70577/national…
2. Statement by 46 UN experts:
"The true demonstration of whether Black lives do indeed matter remains to be seen in the steps that public authorities and private citizens take in response to the concrete demands that protestors are making."
Links to
m4bl.org/week-of-action/
"The true demonstration of whether Black lives do indeed matter remains to be seen in the steps that public authorities and private citizens take in response to the concrete demands that protestors are making."
Links to
m4bl.org/week-of-action/
3. "Reparative intervention for historical and contemporary racial injustice is urgent, and required by international human rights law."
4. "The response of the President of the United States to the protests at different junctures has included threating[sic] more state violence using language directly associated with racial segregationists from the nation’s past ..." 
5. Recommendations include:
"revisit and cease policies facilitating qualified immunity, provision of military equipment to, and military-type training of police, no-knock warrants and use of non-uniformed police in citizen interactions..."
"revisit and cease policies facilitating qualified immunity, provision of military equipment to, and military-type training of police, no-knock warrants and use of non-uniformed police in citizen interactions..."
