GENEVA (AP) — Police brutality, military interrogations and prisons were among the top concerns of a U.N. panel's report Friday that found the United States to be falling short of full compliance with an international anti-torture treaty.The report by the U.N. Committee Against Torture, its first such review of the U.S. record since 2006, expressed concerns about allegations of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, particularly the Chicago Police Department's treatment of blacks and Latinos. It also called for restricting the use of taser weapons by police to life-threatening situations. But it had no specific recommendation or reaction to a grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri who fatally shot a black and unarmed teenager.The report also criticizes the U.S. record on military interrogations, maximum security prisons, illegal migrants and solitary confinement while calling for tougher federal laws to define and outlaw torture, including with detainees at Guantanamo Bay and in Yemen. It also called for abolishing interrogation techniques that rely on sleep or sensory deprivation "aimed at prolonging the sense of capture.""There are numerous areas in which certain things should be changed for the United States to comply fully with the convention," Alessio Bruni of Italy, one of the panel's chief investigators, said at a news conference Friday in Geneva. He was referring to the U.N. Convention Against Torture, which took effect in 1987 and the United States ratified in 1994.The U.N. committee's 10 independent experts are responsible for reviewing the records of all 156 U.N. member countries that have ratified the treaty against torture and all "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment."
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It also called for restricting the use of taser weapons by police to life-threatening situations
The report also criticizes the U.S. record on military interrogations.......It also called for abolishing interrogation techniques that rely on sleep or sensory deprivation "aimed at prolonging the sense of capture."
, maximum security prisons, illegal migrants and solitary confinement
QuoteallegationsI can allege that my teacher raped me in 6th grade. Doesn't mean it ever happened.QuoteIt also called for restricting the use of taser weapons by police to life-threatening situationsSo police can't use a taser on an individual fighting and resisting arrest? My fucking sides are in orbit. Let's see these "independent experts" wrestle to keep a 300 pound male under controlQuoteThe report also criticizes the U.S. record on military interrogations.......It also called for abolishing interrogation techniques that rely on sleep or sensory deprivation "aimed at prolonging the sense of capture."Oh boo fucking hoo, cry me a damn river. If you're going to conduct terrorist operations against any nation, then you don't deserve a damn spa treatmentQuote, maximum security prisons, illegal migrants and solitary confinement So be easy on people who conduct capital and federal laws? Like fucking seriously, these people who conducted this "study" are damn idiots who don't know jack fucking shit
UN using the ferguson mess to gain publicity, meh.
Let's see them do anything about it.
But it had no specific recommendation or reaction to a grand jury's decision not to indict the white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri who fatally shot a black and unarmed teenager.
Oh boo fucking hoo, cry me a damn river. If you're going to conduct terrorist operations against any nation, then you don't deserve a damn spa treatment
Quote from: Kinder on November 28, 2014, 10:16:00 PMOh boo fucking hoo, cry me a damn river. If you're going to conduct terrorist operations against any nation, then you don't deserve a damn spa treatmentAre you seriously trying to excuse torture?
Quote from: Kinder on November 28, 2014, 10:16:00 PMOh boo fucking hoo, cry me a damn river. If you're going to conduct terrorist operations against any nation, then you don't deserve a damn spa treatmentI find it ironic that this comes from the guy that feels Al-Awlaki should have just been arrested.
I like how Kinder chastises Camnator's bias against cops when his position is pretty much polar opposite to him.It's like poetry, it rhymes.
Quote from: IcyWind on November 29, 2014, 09:06:18 AMQuote from: Kinder on November 28, 2014, 10:16:00 PMOh boo fucking hoo, cry me a damn river. If you're going to conduct terrorist operations against any nation, then you don't deserve a damn spa treatmentI find it ironic that this comes from the guy that feels Al-Awlaki should have just been arrested.There's a big difference: One is a citizen of the United States
There's a big difference: One is a citizen of the United States
Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:10:23 AMThere's a big difference: One is a citizen of the United StatesWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
You only have certain rights till you violate the law and infringe on the rights of others, as in attacking the nation. In that case you will be killed (if you're currently attacking) or arrested
Quote from: Meta Cognition on November 29, 2014, 10:13:57 AMQuote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:10:23 AMThere's a big difference: One is a citizen of the United StatesWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.And the Declaration isn't a code of law document, it's a document that declares freedom from the British. You only have certain rights till you violate the law and infringe on the rights of others, as in attacking the nation. In that case you will be killed (if you're currently attacking) or arrested
Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:19:11 AMYou only have certain rights till you violate the law and infringe on the rights of others, as in attacking the nation. In that case you will be killed (if you're currently attacking) or arrestedFunny - the act of treason, along with aiding the enemy, both constitute violations of the law.Funny - it was impossible to arrest the dude due to his location.Aren't facts just so funny?
Funny - Committing check fraud is a violation of the law, doesn't mean the government can just kill the person
Funny - Government waited 10 years to find Osama. They could have waited to apprehend this guy
Yeah, they are funny especially when you want to arrest an officer who has been legally proved to not be in violation of the law
Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:19:11 AMQuote from: Meta Cognition on November 29, 2014, 10:13:57 AMQuote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:10:23 AMThere's a big difference: One is a citizen of the United StatesWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.And the Declaration isn't a code of law document, it's a document that declares freedom from the British. You only have certain rights till you violate the law and infringe on the rights of others, as in attacking the nation. In that case you will be killed (if you're currently attacking) or arrestedI never claimed it was, I'm saying it's morally disgusting for you to claim to be a libertarian - a man of liberty - and think that those words only apply insomuch as you're a citizen and whether or not what you're doing is illegal. But, besides that, the Bill of Rights does exempt everybody from cruel and unusual punishment. Funnily enough, torture fits that description.
so much more than everybody here.
Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:25:11 AMFunny - Committing check fraud is a violation of the law, doesn't mean the government can just kill the personDid you really just compare check fraud to committing acts of treason and conspiring to kill innocent civilians?Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:25:11 AMFunny - Government waited 10 years to find Osama. They could have waited to apprehend this guy...And yet when we found him...we killed him? Not quite seeing your logic here.Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:25:11 AMYeah, they are funny especially when you want to arrest an officer who has been legally proved to not be in violation of the lawPlease, find a post where I have stated this and quote me on it here. Please, do that for me.
Yes, both are violations of the law, both are felonies, and both are federal violations.
Instead of just launching a drone strike, plans could have been made to conduct a night time raid using special forces units just like with Osama. You get the guy and get out.
If we were able to take down the most dangerous man in the world, we can easily capture some guy
It's your attitude on the subject that you're upset he wasn't indicted
Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:41:24 AMYes, both are violations of the law, both are felonies, and both are federal violations.Virginia education, folks.Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:41:24 AMInstead of just launching a drone strike, plans could have been made to conduct a night time raid using special forces units just like with Osama. You get the guy and get out.And waste more money and resources, along with risking lives, over some lowbit American traitor? Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:41:24 AM If we were able to take down the most dangerous man in the world, we can easily capture some guyI would HARDLY call Osama Bin Laden the most dangerous man by the time he was finally killed.Quote from: Kinder on November 29, 2014, 10:41:24 AMIt's your attitude on the subject that you're upset he wasn't indictedOh, so I've never stated that he should be arrested and tried in my post?Great. Kindly cease your inferring.
UN Report Criticizes US Torture, Police Brutality
