US police abuse human rights

According to an article published in The Washington Post on Sunday, the number of people shot dead by police in the United States in the first five months of this year was 385; more than two such deaths per day.

However, only three police officers were prosecuted during this period, less than 1 percent of those involved. Such figures testify to the fact that the public in the US, especially those from minorities, face "excessive law enforcement" in their daily lives.

Behind the cold figures, African-Americans or Hispanics are killed at disproportionate rates. The Post noted that while most of the people killed were armed with potentially lethal objects mainly guns, but also knives and other items-16 percent were carrying a toy or were unarmed, and among the unarmed victims, two thirds were black or Hispanic.