A policeman in New York this Sunday - Wong Maye-E / AP / SIPA

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes that if protests are to be peaceful, police violence must be investigated in the United States as in any other country, reported Monday his spokesperson.

"The authorities must show restraint in their management of demonstrators in the United States" as elsewhere, added Stéphane Dujarric during his daily press briefing.

"All cases must be investigated"

“We have seen cases of police violence in the past few days. All cases must be investigated, ”he also said. “Police forces around the world must receive adequate human rights training. And it also requires an investment in social and psychological support for the police so that they can do an effective job in protecting the human community, ”said the spokesman.

The UN chief is also concerned about the attacks on journalists seen in the United States in recent days, he said. In a tweet this weekend, Antonio Guterres stressed that "when journalists are attacked, it is companies that are attacked". "No democracy can function without freedom of the press," insisted the head of the UN.

Since the death a week ago of a black man held on the ground by a white police officer, the United States has been shaken by violent demonstrations denouncing police brutality and racism.

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