UN Demands Probe into ICE Killing, US Media Yawns Collectively
When the UN Human Rights Office demands an independent investigation into a US federal agent's killing of a civilian on US soil, one might expect a ripple in the 24/7 news cycle. Instead, the domestic press, ever vigilant against 'foreign interference,' largely kept its focus on, well, anything but accountability for its own state violence. This isn't groundbreaking; the US often dismisses
international bodies when they look inward, preferring their scrutiny be directed elsewhere, perhaps at nations receiving US military aid. It appears the same media outlets that amplify calls for international probes into human rights abuses abroad conveniently lose their megaphones when the abuses are committed by US federal agents against a US citizen. The irony, as always, is lost on those too
busy upholding the narrative of American exceptionalism and the unimpeachable nature of its institutions. How many 'independent' probes are demanded by news anchors when they're not funded by think tanks promoting global interventionism?