Posted on 11/30/2014 1:14:14 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
In the midst of protests emerging all across the U.S. in support of slain teenager Michael Brown, officials and protesters are now speaking out from overseas and making it clear that frustration at the events in Ferguson, Missouri are being felt across the globe.
It was on November 24 that the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old African-American was announced to the public.
Protests almost immediately sparked in cities all across the U.S., including Atlanta, St. Louis, New York City and Los Angeles but little did these protesters know that other countries were mobilizing as well and standing in solidarity with the people of Ferguson.
In London, protesters took to the streets chanting, “Hands up, don’t shoot!” and “No justice, no peace. Stop the racist police,” CNN reported.
Reports revealed that protestors gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in Grosvenor Square to let the people of Ferguson know that the pain they feel is being felt all across the world.
“We feel the pain, we know the pain of losing somebody at the hands of police,” Carole Duggan, whose nephew was fatally shot by police in north London roughly three years ago, told CNN. “We stand in solidarity with the people of Ferguson.”
For Duggan, Ferguson is so important because it has shed a light on issues that are not exclusive to that one community.
“What happens there will eventually happen here: If they can murder Michael the way they did, they can murder anyone’s mother, father, brother, sister, daughter or son,” Duggan said to the crowd of roughly 1,500 protestors.
Several of the protesters had their own stories of racial discrimination, whether it was against themselves or a loved one.
Their message for the public was that institutional racism is a problem that the entire world is facing—not just one city and not just one country.
For some, the results of that institutional racism can be described as nothing less than torture.
The U.N. Committee against Torture is pushing the U.S. to take a closer look at cases of police brutality, especially the frequent shootings of unarmed Black men, Reuters reported.
This will mark the panel’s first review of the U.S.’s record on preventing torture in roughly eight years.
The panel’s own investigation of the “frequent and recurrent police shootings or fatal pursuits of unarmed Black individuals” led them to push for the U.S. to have independent investigators involved with instances of police brutality.
“We recommend that all instances of police brutality and excessive use of force by law enforcement officers are investigated promptly, effectively and impartially by an independent mechanism,” panel member Alessio Bruni said, according to Reuters.
Another panel member told a group of reporters that there were concerns about how investigations of police brutality were being carried out in the U.S.
ferguson militarized police“We have certain concerns about whether investigations are thoroughly completed and whether punishment of law enforcement (officers) when they have crossed the line are effectively put in place,” committee member Jens Modvig said, according to Reuters.
North Korean officials have also taken noticed of the frequent killings of unarmed Black men in America and claim that the U.S. no longer has the right to criticize their own issues with human rights.
“The occurrence of nationwide protests at present goes to prove that the U.S. human rights regime is beset with serious problems,” an anonymous ministry spokesperson said, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The report went on to say that the anonymous spokesperson slammed President Barack Obama for making “irresponsible remarks” following the announcement of the grand jury decision.
The president told the press that the country needs to remember that laws are put in place to keep order and that the people need to accept and respect the grand jury’s decision.
Meanwhile, North Korea is facing its own serious issues with human rights abuse.
According to HRW.org, which monitors issues of human rights all across the globe, “There has been no discernible improvement in human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since Kim Jong-Un assumed power after his fathers death in 2011. The government continues to impose totalitarian rule.”
F them. I would like to know who is funding these rat bastards? It reminds me of when I was at RAF Greenham Common, England. The peace mongers had been camped out around the base for months, to protest the deployment of the first ground launched cruise missiles in England. I was told by British cops, that they believed funding for the peace mongers came from the Soviet Union.
The Muslim Brotherhood is probably up to this to convert as many blacks to Islam as they can to add to their numbers in the U.S. they know the black armed thug drug dealers will fit right in with their posse and can be used to assist them in declaring their caliphate in America. Once again the black people are being manipulated and many of them are too stupid to see it.
Hey, they need to handle their own prejudices before reaching over here to handle our chimerical ones. Anti-Semitism is up in Europe.
Leftists all Grubering the low info folks.
Foreign Leftists believing the lying propaganda of American Leftists.
Dog bites man.
What do you expect when all the news says is “White cop shot unarmed black teen”. The grand jury report is way too long for any journalist to read and it makes upset rioters look like ignorant fools. Not much news to report there.
Interesting. Yet the Brits won’t so much as utter a peep of protest when muslims murder a young soldier on their streets or rape their children.
Across the globe, really? micheal browns prior rap sheet attempted murder crips or step father member of the bloods street gang I imagine didnt play into this.
In Switzerland, eh?
Right.. they’re not enjoying every minute of this.. the money, the travel, the new wardrobe, pending movie and book deals. Not a bit.
> In Switzerland, eh?
Right.. they’re not enjoying every minute of this.. the money, the travel, the new wardrobe, pending movie and book deals. Not a bit.
Hey no mouth to feed and money for nothin’, trips fo’ free...that’s the way you do it...
This is a way overblown story. The Presstitutes trying to make it appear that the whole world stands in solidarity with the ferguson barbarians.
These are a few small radical groups. Read with a grain of salt.
"The Atlanta Black Hole" is closer to the truth if you ask me.
Yeah I’m tired of hearing about nationwide outrage when I haven’t seen a single protester or been inconvenienced in any way.
Even their protest in Detroit only managed to draw about 3 dozen people.
“In the midst of protests emerging all across the U.S. in support of slain teenager Michael Brown...”
Lies and nonsense. Minor protests in a dozen left wing, lunatic Rat cities out of 30,000 incorporated towns and cities across the US.
When are Europeans going to get it through their thick heads that European blacks have adapted to European culture, but in the US of A many are Gangsta Blacks. Thugs. No comparison to European black citizens. Yes, we do have honorable blacks in this nation, but the Gangsta crowd drowns them out.
I remember the screeching that we were racist if we didn’t elect Barack Obama. Now they despise him. You were wrong then and you are wrong now, Europeans. We tried to warn you.
The Brown shooting was justifiable by any standard and there is no doubt a white assailant would have been killed under the same circumstances. The victim wasnt even a sympathetic character but rather a thug and thief. The reaction to this case is either due to racial insanity, or a coordinated effort to incite anti-American hatred across the globe by leftist goons.
Indeed. I wonder how Europeans would feel if we accused native citizens of being terrorists because of their new “Asian” citizenry who is wrecking havoc among their nations. This crap has to stop.
F uck You. You need us more than we need you, so look at yourself and don't judge us you ungrateful morons.
Sincerely, President Ted Cruz.
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