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June 18, 2020

George Floyd's Brother Calls on United Nations to Probe U.S. Racism and Police Brutality
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In Geneva, the brother of George Floyd on Wednesday called on the United
Nations Human Rights Council to set up a commission of inquiry into
racism and police brutality in the United States. Philonise Floyd spoke
by video link.

Philonise Floyd: "When people dared to raise their voice and protest for
my brother, they were tear-gassed, run over with police vehicles.
Several people lost eyes and suffered brain damage to rubber bullets.
Peaceful protesters were shot and killed by police. Journalists were
beaten and blinded when they tried to show the world the brutality
happening at the protests. When people raise their voices to protest the
treatment of Black people in America, they are silenced. They are shot
and killed."

There was no United States representative present as Philonise Floyd
spoke, since the Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the U.N.
Human Rights Council in 2018.


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