U.S. derides U.N. effort to counter racism

The top American diplomat rebuked the U.N. Human Rights Council a day after it commissioned a report on racism and police brutality.

By Arete News - June 20, 2020

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at a State Department press briefing in March (AN/Ronny Przysucha)

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