U.S. police failing to respect right to peaceful protest: Amnesty International

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Amnesty International says US police across the country are failing their obligations under international law to respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest.

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U.S. police across the country are failing their obligations under international law to respect and facilitate the right to peaceful protest, rights group Amnesty International warned Saturday, adding that this was exacerbating a tense situation and endangering the lives of protesters.

She added that the use of heavy-duty riot gear and military-grade weapons and equipment to police largely peaceful demonstrations may intimidate protesters who are practicing their right to peaceful assembly. Shortly before 10:30 p.m., many demonstrators set off fireworks near the federal courthouse on Las Vegas Boulevard. About a block down the same street, a group of looters appeared to break into a pawn shop.

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MSNBC should listen to what the brave Atlanta mayor has to say!

Kneel with the People

asanitadepando1 Peacefull? Google 'biased', 'myopia', 'retarde', please.

Because their no 1 racist trump ordered them. But God will so deal with them and bring justice to all.. Trump stop calling yourself a Christian you are the devil himself

The riots are a beautiful sight.....when she spoke of those riots in HK. I hope it's still beautiful up close and personal

mzcandacenv Because the police unions have made sure they’re the worst people for the job and have trained them to be killers, not peacekeepers.

Remember when USA stood tall? Pre-Trumpian days ...

Lol, as if anybody cares what they think about the riots.

Many of them are trained thugs.

MSNBC you own this

They are so full of shit they stink

Agreed. They don't want to cross the blue line, knowing some of their' brothers' are rogue. Shame on them.

Fakenews

No shit

No they are MSDNC

Amnesty international is WRONG! !😝

Run em down. Keep up the fight america. Black people really do matter.

Again realDonaldTrump , his MAGA followers and the GOP have made us a joke to the world. They lit this fire and it burns so brightly the whole world sees our shame 😢😡🤬

America isn't under International law.

Amy_Siskind And the eyes of the world are watching now. — Peter Gabriel. GeorgeFloyd BlackLivesMatter

There are none now...

I finally got my mother to watch MSNBC instead of FOX & what is she seeing on MSNBC? Wall-to-wall rioters as the response to George Floyd's murder - not the vast majority of peaceful protesters. Now, she believes there are no peaceful protests bc 'MSNBC would show them, right?'

The protesters are allowed to protest. The thugs are being dealt with. More fake news.

Laugh my ass off.

This weekend has been truly eye opening to me in seeing the videos of police brutality across the country. This weekend has not established any trust between citizens and law enforcement.

Terrorist Group Antifa Busy Tonight!

Looting, rioting and torching is not peaceful protesting!

For you to even spout this FakeNews is why America considers you and yours, the EnemyOfThePeople YOU ARE ABHORRENT!! MSM = DemRunStateMedia = AntiAmericanAgenda

We must enact federal laws to repeal States Police Bill of Rights which reduces police accountability. Include police pension fund for settlements. Check your state police bill of rights. Police can murder and abuse with impunity; its State law. Vote blue to change the Congress.

Peaceful your A*&$=,

Lol!!! What a joke! Who cares what these bafoons say...

Peaceful protests are welcomed. Robbing and burning are not

Yep, they are brownshirts and should be treated as such. Respect is earned, not given.

Doesn't apply when the 'protests' are NOT peaceful. WWG1WGA

And trump will withdraw our membership from amnesty international if countries have to certified members lol And fox news will unleash their dogs on them

Right-wing groups such as the three percenters and Boogaloo Bois infiltrating peaceful protests Across America including Minneapolis

I thought we had left all that behind. Then we elected Donald Trump. God damn the electoral college!

Please continue to do COVID coverage! In the end, Trump and Barr will blame the Democrats and people will no longer be talking about the loss of 105,000+ Americans. We can follow 2 or more issues at one time, we need the total story of Trump not just one story at a time.

Oh my God. New lows for MSNBC....

Peaceful US cities are being looted and set on fire. These are animals!!!

HAHAHAHAHA....... Someone tell me if the looting and destruction of private and public property are peaceful demonstrations!

Rachel_McRea duh

People setting fire to buildings will be arrested.

Those are not peaceful protest. We need to cut Electric, cell services in sending the military immediately. Otherwise there is a large group of American citizens that will volunteer to do it.

Many of these protest are not peaceful this preemptive action is necessary.

If anyone is failing it’s MSNBC who is showing looped riot coverage of ..........YESTERDAY! Get with the program. I want to see what’s going on Right. Fucking. NOW! We already know what a happened yesterday. If ever we needed a repsponsible press it’s now. MsmBeBetterFFS

Not quite peaceful

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I hope all these people that’s protesting go get a coronavirus test this week.

Right minds practice right actions that are hopefully heading towards unity.

Looters should be shot.

Is this the onion? FakeNewsMedia

Amnesty International , and China is a saintly country and treats it people all the time... Do we in any way support these shameless Urinalist.

Amnestyinternational GeorgeFloydProtests

Cheetolini is looking at the cops to be his new Blackshirts ACAB

It’s a riot. Not a peaceful protest.

Need help? Call a liberal

You mean the far left Marxist Amnesty International? 🤔

This Dem says looting and burning are not peaceful. Shame on you . Talk about gaining peace and open conversation. Blame and Hate are wasted emotions.

Typical for Amnesia Intentional. Always a day late and a dollar short. 😎

They are policing their own.

Why are leftist rioters burning down democrat run cities? 🤔

Idk. ? Destruction was not part of the solution they seek.

any burning building around?

JoshMankiewicz amnesty International is caliphate...

They need to start sodomizing protesters with those night sticks!!!

Peaceful?

AshahedM They ain't seen nothing yet.

Americans are failing to proxy their country

Trump 66

Peaceful?

Trump 66

CarolMartinovi1 You ain't seen nothin yet, we are at war with antifa, DOMESTIC TERRORISTS. Tell AI to GFTS.

Huh What a bunch of crap

You are a joke

F international law!

Sorry amnesty amnestyusa their are currently two America’s. Their rules include meeting any minority protest with violence.

Peaceful protests are one thing. Something I have participated in myself. But violence, looting, setting things on fire...who has the 'right' to do that?

Well, there is this. That's why

Yeah, let the riot continue. I hope the mob find NBC HQ. Then you will know.

NOT PEACEFUL, CRIMINAL RIOTS LOOTING!!!

😓😓😓 Minneapolisprotest BlackLivesMatter BLACK_LIVES_MATTER StandWithMinneapolis StandWithMinnesota GeorgeFloyd JusticeForGeorge USPoliceBrutality TrumpResignNow

fpleitgenCNN 'Peaceful'

We have a nasty habit of believing that countries should follow international rules but we do NOT have to follow or abide by those same rules.

Amnesty international should be put in the same catagory as Antifa hamas and Hezbollah!

And the “protesters” are? Protesters are lucky the police did not execute properly as the idiots who came out late as always in Seattle got away with it. Tonight better be different

Remember this week the next time trump berates China for this very similar anti-citizen behavior.

Oh i see this is it

I don’t see much in the way of peaceful

Go, HongKong thugs, go help the American fighters for democracy and human rights. HongKong brothers stand with American democracy fighters.

Peaceful protests you keep referencing are where?

What peaceful protest? The ones that are peaceful are losing their ability to do so because of the dumbasses you guys show looking and burning.

Send them to Hong Kong then

Oh okay. Thanks. Didn’t see any police attacking the peace, did see many of the peace attacking and destroying.

“Without deviation, without exception, without any ifs, buts, or whereases, freedom of speech means you shall not do something to people for views they have, express, speak, or write.” —Hugo L. Black

Something we are supposed to be leaders /examples of.

But that's what the gestapo in third world 'shit-hole' countries do.

This picture is from Saint Paul (my home). Police were blocking protestors from advancing into the city on a bridge. It was past curfew and these people were terrorizing businesses and communities. I am all for peaceful protests, but our cities are burning. 😢

Absolute BS.

Imagine if the protesters went after news agencies and burned those to the ground. Wouldn't that be scary. Any comment

But they condone looting and violence? Police is certainly not against PEACEFUL demonstration. Getting rid of the thugs that incite violence is what the police is trying to do so the peaceful demonstration can go on.

They are peaceful protestors without weapon. USA should deal with them peacefully too. Say no to violent suppress.

First who cares what AI thinks or wants. Secondly peaceful protests ended Wednesday. Now it's just lawless riots.

Another FakeNews story by a terrorist abetting organization

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I am all for the right to protest but when businesses that had nothing to do with what happened are burned to the ground that’s completely wrong! The people/thugs/thieves that do this should go to prison! Plain and simple!

Is that true? Did this agency offer this opinion or was it sought out by the media and various political figures? Is this news or a manufacturing? Also, why would this organization make such a blatant claim of generalization?

We need someone to police the police.

Good that Amnesty International Censored The Acts of U.S Police

I don’t see anything peaceful on the bigger cities. Listen to ChicagoPD scanner it’s stealing looting and B&E. MLK is rolling over in his grave.

Officially a ThirdWorld Country, now !? MATWA

PEACEFUL?

Horse droppings.

It's no longer White vs. Black. It's now blue vs. All. We've allowed the police to humiliate & openly murder an entire race just so we can sleep soundly at night. We traded our safety for our souls & let this continue for too long. It's time to remind the police They Work For Us!

Who gives a flyin fig what those tossers say.

Too bad Stay home

Which peaceful protests are you referring to?

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