crime reporting

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U.N. Human Rights Committee Scrutinizes Border Patrol Use of Force

 

“U.S. Southern Border Region – The Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC) applauds the U.N. Human Rights Committee’s demand for improved reporting and effective investigations of excessive use-of-force cases by U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of a review of the United States human rights obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).”

 
See on soboco.org

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U.S. Mulls Over Putting Cameras On Border Patrol Agents

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is prepared to consider the proposal to place cameras on all Border Patrol agents with the aim of preventing or elucidating violent incidents, an activist with the Southern Border Communities Coalition said Tuesday.

See on latino.foxnews.com

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LGBT victims of domestic abuse are rarely catered for – or acknowledged

Ally Fogg: While activists for heterosexual victims of domestic violence have ensured measures such as Clare’s law, LGBT people have fallen through the cracks

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This article is from the UK, but makes a good point about overlooked communities.

See on www.theguardian.com