Reports

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• In the Shadows of the War on Terror: Persistent Police Brutality and Abuse of People of Color in the United States
  This report was prepared for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on the occasion of its review of the United States of America’s Second and Third Periodic Report to the Committee. The report, endorsed by many organizations and individuals including the NPAP, addresses the U.S. government’s failure to comply with its obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to prevent and punish acts of excessive force, rape sexual abuse, and racial profiling committed by law enforcement officers against people of color. The report examines why existing police training programs are ineffective and current legislative and judicial remedies are failing to afford victims of racially discriminatory law enforcement practices vindication of their human rights, financial compensation, or systemic change.  It concludes by offering concrete recommendations to bring the U.S. into compliance with the Convention.

• Report on the Failure of Special Prosecutors Edward J. Egan and Robert D. Boyle to Fairly Investigate Systemic Police Torture in Chicago

  This report, supported by over 200 individuals and organizations, exposes the countless shortcomings of a biased inquiry into the Chicago torture cases by special prosecutors Edward J. Egan and Robert D. Boyle. To read appendices to the report click here.

• Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States http://www.hrw.org/reports98/police/

This report by Human Rights Watch examines common obstacles to accountability for police abuse in fourteen large cities representing most regions of the nation. The cities examined are: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Portland, Providence, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. Research for this report was conducted over two and a half years, from late 1995 through early 1998.

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