Philonise Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, wipes away his tears as as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about policing practices and law enforcement accountability prompted by the death of George Floyd while in police custody, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 10, 2020. Picture: Erin Schaff / POOL / AFP
Philonise Floyd made an impassioned speech via video-link to an urgent United Nations Human Rights Council debate on “systemic racism” in the US and beyond. Philonise Floyd said his brother had been “tortured to death” as witnesses begged the officer to stop, “showing us black people the same lesson, yet again: black lives do not matter in the United States of America”.
He urged them to establish an independent international commission of inquiry — one of the UN’s highest-level probes, generally reserved for major crises like the Syrian conflict.But the proposal was dropped, the resolution heavily watered down following stark opposition from Washington and some of its allies.
She stressed the need to “make amends for centuries of violence and discrimination, including through formal apologies, truth-telling processes, and reparations in various forms.” “We call upon all governments to demonstrate the same level of transparency and accountability,” he said.
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