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Nations authorize 'systemic racism' report

The U.N. Human Rights Council approved a resolution calling for a report on systemic racism and police brutality against Black people.

,   and  John Heilprin
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Youth-led U.S. demonstrators at Baltimore, Md., raise hands for racial justice in George Floyd's killing
Youth-led U.S. demonstrators at Baltimore, Md., raise hands for racial justice in George Floyd's killing (AN/Elvert Barnes)

GENEVA (AN) — The U.N. Human Rights Council approved a resolution on Friday calling for a report on systemic racism and police brutality against Black people in the wake of protests over George Floyd's killing by police.

A request from the 47-nation council's African Group led to the resolution's approval by consensus. The council condemned the police brutality that led to the killing of Floyd, a Black man, by a White police officer and commissioned a report from the United Nations' human rights chief and outside experts.

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