US repression of BLM protests ‘incompatible with US and international human rights law’

Rollie Lal, Associate Professor of the Elliott School of International Affairs, describes the human rights implications of the brutal crackdown on the Black Lives Matter protests by the Trump administration. From the local impact of police brutality, attacks on the media and branding mostly peaceful protesters as “terrorists” to the international damage to US diplomacy when standing up for human rights against authoritarian regimes.