AMNESTY: U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON DISPLAY IN FERGUSON (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 24, 2014, 21:14

New report demands ‘accountability and systemic change’ following excessive force against people who rose up to challenge police violence

In a report released on Friday, Amnesty International roundly condemns the excessive force used by local law enforcement agencies in Ferguson, Missouri earlier this year and called for ‘accountability and systemic change’ in order to curb the kinds of human rights abuses increasingly seen in U.S. communities when it comes to regulating street protests and use of force by police.

The report—entitled On the Streets of America: Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson (pdf)—documents the human rights concerns witnessed first-hand by Amnesty investigators dispatched to Ferguson following initial protests in the city spurred by the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teenager, Michael Brown, by a police officer Darren Wilson on August 9. The Amnesty team arrived and documented public protest and the behavior of local law enforcement from August 14 to August 22.

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