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American Police

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Black Americans being victimized and killed by the police is an epidemic. A truth many Americans are acknowledging since the murder of George Floyd, as protests have occurred in all fifty states calling for justice on his behalf. But this tension between African American communities and the police has existed for centuries. This week, the origins of American policing and how those origins put violent control of Black Americans at the heart of the system.

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Ian Highcock

It doesn't matter how good individual cops are. A cop's job is to police black, brown, indigenous, and poor white bodies. They can do it "politely" or they can do it brutally. It's still oppression either way.

Aug 20th
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Kenneth Sloboda

stop trying to make all cop's look racist and bad... the vast majority of cop's are very good people...

Jun 17th
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