{"id":1391,"date":"2020-08-27T16:19:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1391"},"modified":"2020-08-27T16:20:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T00:20:27","slug":"amnesty-international-usa-on-police-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1391","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International USA on Police Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In early August, AIUSA released &#8220;The World Is Watching, Mass Violations By U.S. Police Of  Black Lives Matter Protester&#8217;s Rights.&#8221; The report contains interviews with protesters (including several in Seattle), Recommendations, and a listing of  Good Practices to ensure the right to peaceful protest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A copy of the Report has been forwarded to the Seattle Police Department, Washington Attorney General Bob Fergusen, and the entire Seattle City Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website includes actions that can be taken from home, a link to the full Report, an Interactive Map showing what has happened in your area, and video taken at several protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we have seen within the last month, police violence against unarmed African-American men remains an issue. International law enforcement standards require that force of any kind be used only when no other means are available. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please take time to read the Report and take action to bring America into compliance with International standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/worldiswatching\/\">https:\/\/www.amnestyusa.org\/worldiswatching\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"920\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EGV.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EGV.jpg 920w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EGV-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/EGV-768x456.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early August, AIUSA released &#8220;The World Is Watching, Mass Violations By U.S. Police Of Black Lives Matter Protester&#8217;s Rights.&#8221; The report contains interviews with protesters (including several in Seattle), Recommendations, and a listing of Good Practices to ensure the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/?p=1391\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1397,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1391\/revisions\/1397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amnestyseattle.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}