IN CITIES ACROSS the world, global citizens have taken to the streets to protest in solidarity with the late George Floyd, slain at the hands of Minnesota police officers while he screamed "I can't breathe'.

THE US EMBASSY in Monrovia, in response to the recent protests, posted a statement from Alyson Grunder, Chargé d'Affaires this week, sharing and appreciating the deep concerns and sorrow that Liberians, from the most senior levels of government to ordinary citizens, who have expressed to us in recent days regarding the tragic killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.

WHILE WE WELCOME the show of solidarity from the United States government and deep concerns, the US can pay no greater tribute to injustice and human rights violations around the world, than by marking an asterisk on 2020 for its Human Rights report.

In an emergency vote Friday, the Minneapolis City Council agreement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, which opened a civil rights investigation this week into the city's police department in the wake of the killing of George Floyd.

MAKE NO MISTAKE, the world welcomes and looks forward to the US Annual Human Rights Report, they help spot sores in the eyes of governments clamping down on free speech, human rights, child trafficking and a host of other abuses.