death2america:

iusedtoknowwhatawishwasfor:

probablyasocialecologist:

probablyasocialecologist:

Researchers in the university’s law school put the lethal use-of-force policies of police in the 20 largest US cities under the microscope. They found not a single police department was operating under guidelines that are compliant with the minimum standards laid out under international human rights laws.

Among the failings identified by the law scholars, some police forces violate the requirement that lethal force should only be wielded when facing an immediate threat and as a last resort. Some departments allow deadly responses in cases of “escaping suspects”, “fugitives”, or “prevention of crime” – all scenarios that would be deemed to fall well outside the boundaries set by international law.

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To be real here, I am very surprised the UN is not cracking down on the US for human rights violations.

It’s not surprising at all, the US has always gotten away with human rights violations; countries in the imperial core get a pass