AhlulBayt News Agency: Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kana'ani lashed out at the US police for the brutal killing of a black teacher, saying such heinous actions demonstrate the American law enforcement's continued racist practice against people of color.
A 31-year-old father and English teacher, Keenan Anderson who is the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, died from cardiac arrest last week after he was tased by US police, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
In reaction to the tragic incident, Kana'ani stated on Saturday that "the US government must be held accountable for this inhumane crime" and its irresponsibility vis-à-vis the repetition of gross and systematic violations of human rights in the country, particularly the rights of minorities and people of color.
The spokesperson further lambasted the US' hypocritical policies on meddling with other countries' affairs.
"The American regime, which hypocritically interferes in the internal affairs of other countries and sheds crocodile tears in order to achieve political goals, remains silent regarding the extreme violence and discriminatory and hate-mongering actions of the country's police against people of color," he continued.
The Iranian diplomat added that the US police's brutal action in murdering Anderson, which was repetition of George Floyd's heinous killing, once again shocked the world.
In a 13-minute body-cam footage released by LAPD, Anderson is seen begging for help as multiple officers hold him to the ground and one officer presses his elbow along with his body weight onto his neck.
“They’re trying to George Floyd me. They’re trying to George Floyd me,” Anderson can be heard saying in the footage, in reference to the US police killing of Floyd in May 2020 in Minneapolis that sparked racial justice protests around the world.
According to Mapping Police Violence, the police across the United States killed an average of more than three people a day, or nearly 100 people every month in 2022.
United States police have killed at least 1,176 people in 2022, making it the deadliest year on record for police violence since experts first started tracking the killings, a new data analysis reveals.
The preliminary 2022 total – a possible undercount as more cases are catalogued – marks 31 additional fatalities than the year before. In 2021, police killed 1,145 people; 1,152 in 2020; 1,097 in 2019; 1,140 in 2018; and 1,089 in 2017. The earliest data goes back to 2013, when advocates began counting these fatal incidents.
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A 31-year-old father and English teacher, Keenan Anderson who is the cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, died from cardiac arrest last week after he was tased by US police, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
In reaction to the tragic incident, Kana'ani stated on Saturday that "the US government must be held accountable for this inhumane crime" and its irresponsibility vis-à-vis the repetition of gross and systematic violations of human rights in the country, particularly the rights of minorities and people of color.
The spokesperson further lambasted the US' hypocritical policies on meddling with other countries' affairs.
"The American regime, which hypocritically interferes in the internal affairs of other countries and sheds crocodile tears in order to achieve political goals, remains silent regarding the extreme violence and discriminatory and hate-mongering actions of the country's police against people of color," he continued.
The Iranian diplomat added that the US police's brutal action in murdering Anderson, which was repetition of George Floyd's heinous killing, once again shocked the world.
In a 13-minute body-cam footage released by LAPD, Anderson is seen begging for help as multiple officers hold him to the ground and one officer presses his elbow along with his body weight onto his neck.
“They’re trying to George Floyd me. They’re trying to George Floyd me,” Anderson can be heard saying in the footage, in reference to the US police killing of Floyd in May 2020 in Minneapolis that sparked racial justice protests around the world.
According to Mapping Police Violence, the police across the United States killed an average of more than three people a day, or nearly 100 people every month in 2022.
United States police have killed at least 1,176 people in 2022, making it the deadliest year on record for police violence since experts first started tracking the killings, a new data analysis reveals.
The preliminary 2022 total – a possible undercount as more cases are catalogued – marks 31 additional fatalities than the year before. In 2021, police killed 1,145 people; 1,152 in 2020; 1,097 in 2019; 1,140 in 2018; and 1,089 in 2017. The earliest data goes back to 2013, when advocates began counting these fatal incidents.
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