Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism

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USA: Rights experts call for reforms to end police brutality, systemic racism

Independent UN human rights experts appealed on Friday for the new United States Government to adopt wide ranging reforms to end police violence and address systemic racism and racial discrimination.

Affected communities must be included in shaping these reforms, which include diverting funding from policing to alternate safety measures, they added.

"We have repeatedly raised our concerns about the excessive force used by American police in the context of peaceful demonstrations, and the use of lethal force against individuals who did not present a threat to life at the time of the police intervention," the experts said in a statement.

"In this time of political change, the United States must initiate far-reaching reforms to address police brutality and systemic racism."

In order to fully address this issue, one of the essential elements will be about removing the entrenched racist elements that operate within law enforcement.