U.N. urges U.S. to stop police brutality after Missouri shooting

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U.N. urges U.S. to stop police brutality after Missouri shooting

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-urges-u-stop-police-brutality-missouri-162552953.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XixHD9gQbd4dxcmQVPcs.Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-08-29T162552Z_1_LYNXMPEA7S0T9_RTROPTP_2_USA-MISSOURI-SHOOTING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Michael Brown Sr, yells out as his son's casket is lowered into the ground at St. Peter's Cemetery in St. Louis" align="left" title="Michael Brown Sr, yells out as his son's casket is lowered into the ground at St. Peter's Cemetery in St. Louis" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. racism watchdog urged the United States on Friday to halt the excessive use of force by police after the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman touched off riots in Ferguson, Missouri. Minorities, particularly African Americans, are victims of disparities, the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) said after examining the U.S. &quot;Racial and ethnic discrimination remains a serious and persistent problem in all areas of life from de facto school segregation, access to health care and housing,&quot; Noureddine Amir, CERD committee vice chairman, told a news briefing.</p><br clear="all"/>

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