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

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.

YESS!!! The UN is calling on the US for restraint and is citing human rights abuses!

Another BS misinformation story br MSLSD.

Again, welcome to Trump's burgeoning 'Police State'.

Is this peaceful, what did she do wrong?

I remember after the Martin Luther King era riots many City Centers died due to fear of violence. It took years for them to come back. Retail/restaurants are fragile enough right now, and with these attacks they will surely fail. The flight from City Centers is almost inevitable.

What does the ACLU have to say? Greenpeace and PETA? The Screen Actors Guild? Let's get the whole clown car on record.

That is another CCP controlled org. Maybe they should take a harder look at the hell in the rest of the world before they try and complain about America

Poop on Amnesty international.

Peaceful? My ass!!

The protests are not peaceful, so.....

Did Amnesty International mention anything about the lack of respect the rioters failed to “facilitate” by burning out and looting innocent store owners?

Does peaceful protest include burning buildings?

I'm old enough to remember when America stood up for the rights of the protesters and demanded those Dictators not to retaliate with brutality and attacks. Yet here we are....

RoArquette Hahaha, LIARS.

What do they do with hundreds of people who loot and attack innocent people, also smash up cars and burn buildings? I think this is political.

PEACE--NOT VIOLENCE--THE MLK WAY

I'm hearing a lot from the media and government officials about 'opportunistic looting' but you would have to say that overly aggressive methods by the police amount to opportunistic violence. GeorgeFloydProtests

Wow, letting people burn their cities is peaceful protests now

The right to peaceful protest does not apply to a mob that riots and loots.

RoArquette Various police departments nationwide have failed minorities long before George Floyd was murdered.

what’s dumb is these people might as well be rioting against capitalism, u ever hear there complaints !!! george floyd is a real complaint but the other complaints geez

I’m sure they did....

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They need a few beads in em and they’ll get self defense alright

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When you loot and burn buildings you should be meet with lethal force

These are ONLY peaceful protests during the day. At night, Antifa and other insurgents, burn and loot businesses. They are NOT peaceful! Amnesty Int'l can stuff it!!

I support the peaceful protesters which are in the majority but the news films the minority looters. Amnesty International please recognize their are many decent police officers doing their job.

Targeted police brutality will never end until ‘all’ of the accompanying police officers face criminal charges. Moreover, the civil monetary judgements s/b deducted solely from the state’s police department's retirement fund. Maybe they’ll think twice about loosing THEIR money!

johnboor CLEpolice said no news crews should be out. Wtf is going on?

That look peaceful to you?

Aw, they should take time for a good cry.

Since when do Americans care what Amnesty International thinks?

I haven’t seen much of any peaceful protest in the last few days. The last peaceful protest I have seen was the protest of Governor’s over stepping their Authority over the Corona Virus and even all the bad men taking their assault weapons to the Michigan State House protest.

The Law Enforcement today has forgotten what their Job description is. 'TO PROTECT AND SERVE ' Not to engage in criminal activity. There are more criminals with badges than there are good Law Enforcement Officer's. And the good Officer's know all of them by name.

That's funny as hell

Don't they have the responsibility to protect the businesses and property? Do you want the to say home until the get a text that downtown is on fire?

Wait, I though protesting during a pandemic was bad? 🤔

Don’t worry, America is just invading America to bring democracy to America

Peaceful protests? Are you watching the same footage as everyone else?

Crushing 💀 like in PR. Antifa-Fail

Fuck them

Burning down someone’s business is not peaceful.

Who funds Antifa?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 YOU ARE KIDDING ME RIGHT?

There have been some police agencies across the US that have done the protests right. Google them and post them. I will post them here and on Facebook too.

It's not friggin peaceful .

I hope to God the US doesn’t give a dime to Amnesty International - LIES, MSNBC what a thoughtless tweet... PROTECT OUR POLICE!

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yeah...when they 'lite em up' for just being on their own porch I'd say there is a problem!!

Wow. Breathtaking lies even for you.

Those protests don't seem peaceful

Ah, the same group that fired hundreds of their workers to save the salaries of their upper management. That organization.

AND THOSE PIG POLICE DESERVE JAIL TIME!

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Those are riot police

Trump and Barr know exactly who the white professional vandals are hence diversion on ant*fa. They’ve been cultivating them since before trump got in. They were very organised at Charlottes’vll - this is no rehearsal. This is Bannon and Millers wet dream.

A politic game ( it's soo clear now) DEMOCRATS are USING this to take PRESIDENT out. Open the eyes folks. WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC FOLKS We are in a pandemic We are in a pandemic The media don't talk about the PANDEMIC anymore. PressSec POTUS HouseGOP

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