"We express concern at the reported current police violence in Chicago, especially against African-American and Latino young people, and deep concern at the frequent and recurrent police shootings or fatal pursuit of unarmed black individuals," said Alessio Bruni, a member of the panel and a lead investigator in the review of U.S. compliance with the 1984 Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment. The U.S. ratified the 156-member-country convention in 1994.
For those who might say that the grand jury finding in the Michael Brown case gives justification that people of color in this country are embellishing the truth about how we are treated by the police, An independent U.N. anti-torture panel thinks that that "This (U.N.) report — along with the voices of Americans protesting around the country this week — is a wake-up call for police who think they can act with impunity," said Jamil Dakwar, the director of human rights at the American Civil Liberties Union.
In other words, these riots and others like them happen because of the peoples growing frustration of the Police departments view, judgment, and treatment of people of color.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/us-shootings-by-police-prison-conditions-trouble-un/ar-BBg6VEw
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