Commentary: US border killings evade justice. An international commission can change that
To people of color in the United States, the death of Anastasio Hernández-Rojas — a brutal killing at the hands of U.S. government officials followed by impunity — is all too familiar. Yet in an extraordinary moment challenging that impunity, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights convened a hearing in November to consider testimony about his treatment by Customs and Border Protection agents.
By requiring the United States to appear and defend its policies, the commission’s review of this case offers a unique
