This probably isn’t the way to keep the hearts and minds of the American people engaged in your cause.
Most Americans are horrified at how Mr. Floyd was treated by police officers regardless of the level of drugs in his system or his past criminal record.
Most of us agree that what they did likely contributed to his death – it certainly didn’t help, and nobody should have their neck crushed for over five minutes, for crying out loud.
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But, to now beg the U.N. to step in is a bad move if you ask me. Firstly, the U.N. is not a popular group, secondly, they’re foreign, and to ask foreigners to come into a U.S. matter is a very questionable move that I don’t think will help their cause.
From ABC News [2]
6:41 a.m.: Family of George Floyd appeals to UN to intervene in case
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, the legal team, and the family of George Floyd have submitted an Urgent Appeal to the United Nations to intervene in the case of Floyd’s death and make recommendations for systemic police reform in the U.S., according to a statement released by Crump.In a June 3 letter, Crump and George Floyd’s family urged the UN to investigate the circumstances around the death of Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers and sent recommendations for systemic police reform.
“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,” the statement read.
Said Crump: “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.”
They’re asking a group to intervene that houses countries that have some of the worst civil rights abuses on the planet while condemning the United States?
Yes, the U.S. has issues and reforms on many issues are needed, but as someone who has lived in another country, I can tell you, that Americans really don’t understand how good they have it here.
This piece was written by Missy Crane on June 8, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com [3] and is used by permission.