Amnesty InternationalFeb 2, 2015
In response to today’s recommendations, Amnesty International USA Executive Director Steven W. Hawkins issued the following statement:
“We welcome today’s recommendation to create a National Crime and Justice Task Force and call on President Obama to implement it as soon as possible. This country’s long history of racial profiling and other abuses by police is only matched by its equally long history of inadequate accountability for those responsible. Now is the time for the U.S. to take real, concrete steps to ensure that human rights protections are incorporated into local, state and federal policing policies.”
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More Links:
- "Interim Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing," March 2015
- "Obama Calls for Changes in Policing After Task Force Report," New York Times, March 2, 2015
