George Floyd's Lawyer Asks United Nations to Intervene in Case

[malaise]

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/northamerica/top-stories/george-floyd-s-lawyer-asks-united-nations-to-intervene-in-case/ar-BB15c8Pe?ocid=msedgntp
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Ben Crump, the attorney representing George Floyd's family, has called on the United Nations to intervene and investigate the circumstances around the middle-aged black man's death and to make recommendations about law enforcement reforms.

"Among the reforms requested were deescalating techniques, independent prosecutions and autopsies for every extrajudicial police killing in an effort to stop further human rights abuses including torture and extrajudicial killings of African Americans to protect their inherent and fundamental human right to life," Crump said in a statement about the June 3 letter sent to the U.N.

"The United States of America has a long pattern and practice of depriving Black citizens of the fundamental human right to life ...The United States government has consistently failed to hold police accountable and did not bring Federal criminal charges even in cases with irrefutable video evidence. When a group of people of any nation have been systemically deprived of their universal human right to life by its government for decades, it must appeal to the international community for its support and to the United Nations for its intervention," Crump said.

Newsweek reached out to the United Nations for comment on the letter from Floyd's attorney and family, but they did not respond by the time of publication.

[Coleman]

1. The US (regardless who is president) will not permit the US to investigate

The US sees this as interference in its sovereignty, and it will not be permitted. Visas would not be issued. Even if Obama was still President, the UN would not be permitted to investigate.

[Coleman]

2. Also note the membership of the UN Civil Rights Council

Armenia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Libya, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Sudan and Venezuela. With some exceptions, most don't have good records in the area of civil rights.

[BComplex]

3. But good on Ben Crump. It certainly hits the nail on the head to bring attention to the atrocity

I think it's cool he at least said this.

[RobinA]

4. Since When Is

local law enforcement overseen by the federal government? Seems like some rather audacious grandstanding. Not that there's anything wrong with that.