Saturday, 01 May 2021_For years the United States has been readily quick to point the finger at other countries, and highlight alleged crimes against humanity. This claim is almost always followed by subsequent plans to militarily invade a country, usually in the Middle East or Africa, in order to steal resources and to install the US version of so-called democracy.
This pattern has continually played out, decade after decade, despite masses of people around the world becoming ever wise to the repeated pretext used by the United States and its allies, to justify boots on the ground in countries, in which their armed forces are simply not welcome.
But now, a damning report produced by a group of international human rights experts has turned the tables on the narrative used by the United States. And, as much of world opinion and perception of the country begins to shift, has placed the question of alleged crimes against humanity, squarely back within the country’s own borders.
A special report produced by a commission of experts from 11 countries, which runs to 188 pages, has suggested that the continual systematic killing of Black people in the US, by police, not only amounts to murder but also fits the definition of crimes against humanity-the very same favored assertion which the United States unflinchingly directs towards other countries, often without real substantive evidence.
But the new research, which is extensive, argues that the deadly abuse of Black people at the hands of law enforcement in the US amounts to a violation of human rights obligations while operating a “culture of impunity” around police suspected of murdering Black people. The report also points to the US tolerating an “alarming national pattern of disproportionate use of deadly force”. Powerful words.
But not only that, the lawyers behind the research are also demanding that the International Criminal Court (ICC) conduct an immediate investigation into the continued abuse of Black people in the US, describing the cycle of abuse as “police murder” and “torture”.
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