Wolff: Snowden effect hits 'Guardian'

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22. I would say the rich white male has all those resources at his disposal. Everyone else? Not so much.

As proven by the outrageous number of convictions of non-rich, non-white citizens.

Even the UN has taken notice.

The United Nations on Friday denounced the U.S. for reportedly violating an international treaty against torture, including several instances of police shootings of unarmed black youth. In a 16-page review of the U.S.’ track record on torture since 2006, the U.N. took aim at what it said were “numerous reports” of police brutality against minorities as well as distressing conditions in some U.S. prisons, according to Reuters. The document, which does not mention the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, specifically, came in the wake of a grand jury’s decision not to indict a Ferguson police officer in the August shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

The U.N. Committee against Torture cited several examples of "excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, in particular against persons belonging to certain racial and ethnic group.” The report, the U.N.’s first on the U.S. since 2006, condemned the extensive use of Tasers against people resisting arrest, citing two recent cases in Florida and Chicago that turned deadly.

http://www.ibtimes.com/ferguson-shooting-un-torture-committee-condemns-us-excessive-force-law-enforcement-1730614