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The U.N. Committee against Torture urged the United States Friday to investigate and prosecute police brutality and shootings of unarmed black youth. The U.N. also advocated limited use of taser weapons.
The panel's first review of the U.S. record on preventing torture since 2006 followed protests across the country this week after a grand jury decision not to charge officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
The U.N. also mentioned deep concerns regarding "numerous reports" of police brutality and excessive use of force against people from minority groups, immigrants, lesbian and gays people and the use of racial profiling. The panel also referred to the "frequent and recurrent police shootings or fatal pursuits of unarmed black individuals."
"We have certain concerns about whether investigations are thoroughly completed and whether punishment of law enforcement (officers) when they have crossed the line are effectively put in place," said committee member Jens Modvig.
The committee also denounced "excruciating pain and prolonged suffering" for prisoners during "botched executions" as well as frequent rapes of inmates, shackling of pregnant women in some prisons and extensive use of solitary confinement.
"We recommend that all instances of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officers are investigated promptly, effectively and impartially by an independent mechanism," said committee member Alessio Bruni. Bruni especially noted that "current police violence in Chicago especially against African-Americans and Latino young people" was among the U.N.'s concerns.
Additionally, the U.N. criticized what it referred to as a U.S. failure to fully investigate allegations of torture and poor treatment of individuals suspected of terrorism held in U.S. custody abroad, "evidenced by the limited number of criminal prosecutions and convictions."
Some 148 inmates are held at the U.S. Guantanamo base in Cuba amid reports, the committee's report said, of "a draconian system of secrecy surrounding high-value detainees that keeps their torture claims out of the public domain."
The U.N. Committee against Torture urged the United States Friday to investigate and prosecute police brutality and shootings of unarmed black youth. The U.N. also advocated limited use of taser weapons.
The panel's first review of the U.S. record on preventing torture since 2006 followed protests across the country this week after a grand jury decision not to charge officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
The U.N. also mentioned deep concerns regarding "numerous reports" of police brutality and excessive use of force against people from minority groups, immigrants, lesbian and gays people and the use of racial profiling. The panel also referred to the "frequent and recurrent police shootings or fatal pursuits of unarmed black individuals."
"We have certain concerns about whether investigations are thoroughly completed and whether punishment of law enforcement (officers) when they have crossed the line are effectively put in place," said committee member Jens Modvig.
The committee also denounced "excruciating pain and prolonged suffering" for prisoners during "botched executions" as well as frequent rapes of inmates, shackling of pregnant women in some prisons and extensive use of solitary confinement.
"We recommend that all instances of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officers are investigated promptly, effectively and impartially by an independent mechanism," said committee member Alessio Bruni. Bruni especially noted that "current police violence in Chicago especially against African-Americans and Latino young people" was among the U.N.'s concerns.
Additionally, the U.N. criticized what it referred to as a U.S. failure to fully investigate allegations of torture and poor treatment of individuals suspected of terrorism held in U.S. custody abroad, "evidenced by the limited number of criminal prosecutions and convictions."
Some 148 inmates are held at the U.S. Guantanamo base in Cuba amid reports, the committee's report said, of "a draconian system of secrecy surrounding high-value detainees that keeps their torture claims out of the public domain."
