A policeman in New York this Sunday – Wong Maye-E / AP / SIPA
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterresbelieves that if protests are to take place in a peaceful manner, police violence must be investigated in the United States as in any other country, its spokesman reported on Monday.
“The authorities must show restraint in their management of demonstrators in the United States” as elsewhere, added Stéphane Dujarric during his daily press briefing.
“All cases must be investigated”
“We have seen cases of police violence in the past few days. All cases must be investigated, ”he also said. “Police forces around the world must receive adequate human rights training. And it also requires an investment in social and psychological support for the police so that they can do an effective job in protecting the human community, ”said the spokesman.
UN chief also concerned attacks on journalists reported in recent days in the United States, he said. In a tweet this weekend, Antonio Guterres stressed that “when journalists are attacked, it is companies that are attacked”. “No democracy can function without freedom of the press,” insisted the head of the UN.
Since the death a week ago of a black man held on the ground by a white police officer, the United States has been shaken by violent demonstrations denouncing police brutality and racism.
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