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UN Scolds US On Ferguson While Ignoring Other Issues

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Mark Melin
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The United Nations is taking to task another brutal, repressive regime that is using police brutality to control its citizens: It is asking the United States to stop the use of excessive force in Ferguson, MO.

UN Scolds US On Ferguson While Ignoring Other Issues

"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," Noureddine Amir, U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) committee vice chairman, was quoted as saying in a Reuters report.

Police brutality in Ferguson

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.