Washington-Sana
Amnesty International today called on the US authorities to stop using violence against demonstrators during the protests in the United States, which call for justice in the case of the police killing of citizen George Floyd.
Reuters quoted the organization's director of research in the United States, Rachel Ward, as saying in a statement: “In one city after another, we see behaviors that can be considered unnecessary and excessive violence, and equipping officers in a way that is more appropriate to the battlefield may put them in a state of mind as if confrontation and conflict are inevitable.” American police throughout the country have failed to implement their obligations under international law to respect and facilitate the right to demonstrate peacefully, and this increases the tension and endanger the lives of protesters.
Word also called on US President Donald Trump to stop his speeches and policies "full of violence and discrimination" as the US government must engage in dialogue with demonstrators and disarm the police before the situation deteriorates.
George Floyd, 46, was killed on the 25th of this month in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after a police officer strangled him by pressing his knee on his neck for more than eight minutes in the latest incident in a series of killings targeting people of African descent by the police in United State.