U.N. watchdogs call for probe of Taser assaults in U.S. jails

[Gerald]

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. special rapporteur on torture urged U.S. authorities to investigate and weigh criminal charges against jail officials in Ohio, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Arkansas for the “clearly gratuitous infliction of severe pain and suffering” from the use of Tasers on inmates, citing a Reuters report this week

After reviewing footage of jail incidents obtained by Reuters, Nils Melzer said the “grave abuse” from Taser use in some U.S. jails violated the United Nations’ prohibition on cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment and, in some cases, amounted to torture. He cited video footage Reuters published of 22 incidents in four jails: in Franklin County, Ohio; Cheatham County, Tennessee; Franklin County, Arkansas; and McCurtain County, Oklahoma.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-taser-un-exclusive/exclusive-u-n-watchdogs-call-for-probe-of-taser-assaults-in-u-s-jails-idUSKBN1E12GR

No good news at all.:hmmm:

[em2nought]

I guess we should defer to the experts. Must be all unicorns and rainbows in the rest of the world. :hmmm:

[Catfish]

I guess we should defer to the experts. Must be all unicorns and rainbows in the rest of the world. :hmmm:

^ Only deviates from the problem. If you speak and think of yourself as the free world, the next best thing to sliced bread, defining standards for others, you have to accept to be measured by those :)

Of course it will still be better than any prison in, say, Turkey, or meanwhile Hungary and Poland. But the UN supervises the standards and rules, the free world and you yourself set once, for a civilised world. Should they really shut up?

Having said that, apart from the various public and private prisons, every country has those cellars with the white tiles and chains, to be used by their secret services. There is no rule or insight when it comes to that.

[em2nought]

Should they really shut up?

It depends. Did the same conditions apply during the last presidency of the United States, or do they only now feel like mentioning these conditions? :hmmm:

[Gerald]

This reporting should be seen in the light of a non-colored report to throw a shadow over the globe as a whole.