OHCHR / KENOSHA WISCONSIN PROTESTS

The spokesperson for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, said the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha Wisconsin “is a painful reminder of how African Americans continue to be exposed to differentiated and heightened risk, when engaging with law enforcement bodies in the United States.” UNTV CH

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:46
• Production Date: 28 August 2020
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS; JUSTICE; RACISM
• Geographic Subject: UNITED STATES
• MAMS Id: 2554825
• Parent Id: 2554825
• Alternate Title: unifeed200828c

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STORY: OHCHR / KENOSHA WISCONSIN PROTESTS
TRT: 01:46
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS

DATELINE: 28 AUGUST 2020, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

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28 AUGUST 2020, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“The case of the shooting of Jacob Blake which is a painful reminder of how African Americans continue to be exposed to differentiated and heightened risk, when engaging with law enforcement bodies in the United States. And this really tragic episode reaffirms the need for urgent action to eradicate linkages between structural racism and policing.”
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“From images available, that we have seen at this point, the police appear to use force against Jacob Blake that would seem to be excessive. It does not appear that the law enforcement officers abided by the international standard of intentional use of lethal force with a firearm. It also seems highly possible that the force used against Blake could be discriminatory in nature.”
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rupert Colville, Spokesperson, Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“On the issue of the vigilante, the 17-year-old that has been arrested charged with killing two people and injuring others. We would see this as yet another, unfortunately, example of insufficient and lax gun control measures in the United States, which is something we have spoken about several times before. It should be inconceivable that you have a 17-year-old running around with an automatic rifle.”
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Storyline

The spokesperson for the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, today (28 Aug) said the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha Wisconsin “is a painful reminder of how African Americans continue to be exposed to differentiated and heightened risk, when engaging with law enforcement bodies in the United States.”

Colville said, “this really tragic episode reaffirms the need for urgent action to eradicate linkages between structural racism and policing.”

The spokesperson said that from the available video images, “police appears to use force against Jacob Blake that would seem to be excessive” and “it does not appear that the law enforcement officers abided by the international standard of intentional use of lethal force with a firearm.”

On the issue of the 17-year-old vigilante charged with killing two people and injuring others,
Colville said, “we would see this as yet another, unfortunately, example of insufficient and lax gun control measures in the United States, which is something we have spoken about several times before.”

He said, “it should be inconceivable that you have a 17-year-old running around with an automatic rifle.”