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UN experts criticized this Friday the excessive use of paralyzing stun gunsalso known as stun gunamong the US police, and called for a thorough investigation into the recent deaths of African Americans Tyre Nichols and Keenan Anderson, who were attacked with these weapons.
Although they are considered non-lethal weapons, “they are used as a routine protocol (by security agents) against individuals who show resistance or have nervous breakdowns and often do not pose a threat,” one expert said. statement. Argentinean Juan Mendez.
“We remain extremely concerned about its overuse by the security forces,” added Mendez, one of three members of the Human Rights Council’s expert mechanism to investigate police abuse and racist behavior. UN after the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
He and four other signing experts assured that these types of non-lethal weapons “can kill, cause serious injury and permanent disability.”
Regarding the deaths of Nichols (January 7 in Memphis) and Anderson (four days earlier in Los Angeles), the experts assured that the force used by agents on them may have violated international standards prohibiting torture, ill-treatment and other cruel or degrading punishment.
“They are another reminder that urgent action is needed,” said Yvonne Mokgoro, President of the Mechanism UNwho indicated that they requested the authorities USA detailed information about the two events, as well as the progress of internal investigations.
They also recommended that these authorities “show resolve in reforming weak policing practices with criminal attacks disguised as law enforcement.”
speaker UN Against Torture, Alice Jill Edwards added that the police “have a duty to protect citizens and respect their rights, and when these basic functions are replaced by uncontrolled and illegal violence, this causes ordinary people to fear the police.” (As reported by EFE)
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