Experts Say American Police Fail International Human Rights Standards

AMERICA PROTESTS GLOBAL FRANCE
A protester with the words "same blood" painted on his back faces French riot police during a march against police brutality and racism in Marseille, France, Saturday, June 13, 2020, organized by supporters of Adama Traore, who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. Several demonstrations went ahead Saturday inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Daniel Cole / AP Photo
AMERICA PROTESTS GLOBAL FRANCE
A protester with the words "same blood" painted on his back faces French riot police during a march against police brutality and racism in Marseille, France, Saturday, June 13, 2020, organized by supporters of Adama Traore, who died in police custody in 2016 in circumstances that remain unclear despite four years of back-and-forth autopsies. Several demonstrations went ahead Saturday inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Daniel Cole / AP Photo

Experts Say American Police Fail International Human Rights Standards

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Global protests continue after the recent police killings of Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta, George Floyd in Minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in Louisville and more.

Reset finds out why some experts say police use-of-force policies in America’s largest cities fail international human rights standards.

GUEST: Claudia Flores, associate clinical professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, director of the International Human Rights Clinic