U.S. Police Violence Equates to Crimes Against Humanity, International Human Rights Experts Find

A new report from human rights lawyers declared U.S. police brutality against unarmed Black people to be equivalent to crimes against humanity under international law.

The 12 commissioners who led the inquiry have called for the prosecutor of the international criminal court in The Hague to launch a probe into U.S. police violence. “This finding of crimes against humanity was not given lightly, we included it with a very clear mind,” Hina Jilani, one of the experts, told The Guardian. “We examined all the facts and concluded that there are situations in the U.S, that beg the urgent scrutiny of the ICC.”

In addition to the ICC prosecutor opening an investigation, commissioners have outlined…READ MORE