UN experts on racism highlighted the black community’s exhaustion on Friday at the end of a visit to the United States where the legacy of slavery must be addressed by authorities “at all levels”.
The UN team of independent experts was formed in 2020 following the death of George Floyd, a black man at the hands of a white police officer in Minnesota.
Over 12 days, they met with victims, civil society figures, the judiciary, police unions, federal and local officials in Washington, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York.
