Michael Brown's parents testify before UN Committee Against Torture, present demands

Brett T. | 10:21 PM on November 11, 2014

Slain teen Michael Brown’s parents went almost all the way to the top. While the pair didn’t address the United Nations General Assembly, on Tuesday they did testify behind closed doors before a U.N. committee. By the way, that committee was the United Nations Committee Against Torture.

Michael Brown's father says officer acted as "judge, jury and executioner" when he shot Michael, disrespecting his body in life and death.

— Sarah Mehta (@sarahlmehta) November 11, 2014

Michael Brown's father–all police depts should have to report killings to FBI #FergusonToGeneva

— Sarah Mehta (@sarahlmehta) November 11, 2014

Michael Brown's mother says her son's murder is torture and has more questions than something to say, here at UN.

— Sarah Mehta (@sarahlmehta) November 11, 2014

Yes, torture — not only of Michael Brown but of protesters as well, who suffered “brutal repression” at the hands of police after “a few isolated incidents of property damage or violence.”

https://twitter.com/ScreedofChucky/status/532297256981258242

HEAD EXPLODING>/Michael Brown's Parents Tell U.N. His Death Amounts to Torture http://t.co/p30cBZWRYR

— linda=Deplorable (@pinnie99) November 11, 2014

I just don't get Mike Brown's parents talking about torture at the U.N…just don't get the connection.. just don't get it #Ferguson

— plantkat (@plantkat) November 12, 2014

Well, if Brown’s parents can make a case for torture, it opens the door for the United Nations to claim that the United States has violated the U.N. Convention Against Torture and Other
Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Brown family and their supporters are hoping the U.N. can pressure the United States to follow their recommendations, including the immediate arrest of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, the granting of amnesty to any protesters arrested, imposition of racial quotas in Missouri’s police forces, and “a nationwide investigation of systematic police brutality and harassment in black and brown communities” by the Attorney General.