The Whole System is Guilty as Hell: Interrupting a Legacy of Racist Police Culture Through a Human Rights Lens
Harvard Journal of African American Public Policy, Forthcoming
16 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2015 Last revised: 22 Jul 2015
Date Written: February 20, 2015
Abstract
I was among those who engaged in peaceful protests in Ferguson following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. I also co-authored the petition to the United Nations for redress of grievances brought on by police brutality and racial profiling in America. I then accompanied Ferguson protesters and Mike Brown's family to Geneva, Switzerland to testify before the UN Committee Against Torture. I share brief reflections on the experience in this article.
Keywords: race, ethnicity, human rights, police brutality, mike brown, Ferguson, United Nations
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