“President Obama’s recent response to the tragic deaths of two civilians, U.S. citizen Warren Weinstein and Italian citizen Giovanni Lo Porto, in a January 2015 ‘targeted killing’ strike in Pakistan, was remarkable and unprecedented,” writes the ACLU’s Hina Shamshi.
“It should not have been.”
“The contrast between the administration’s response to the deaths of these Western — and white — civilians and those of the many hundreds of non-Western civilians who have died in the administration’s lethal force program is stark and glaring. No other victim’s family has received official acknowledgement and an apology, let alone been promised an investigation or compensation.”