UN concern re Garner and Brown

Several UN specialists in human rights have criticized the U.S. for our treatment of minorities. A couple of comments from them:

“The decisions leave many with legitimate concerns relating to a pattern of impunity when the victims of excessive use of force come from African-American or other minority communities.”
“The laws of many of the states in the U.S. are much more permissive, creating an atmosphere where there are not enough constraints on the use of force,”