“We use the law though we are terrified of it, contemptuous of its Janus face. We ask the police for what we need, hoping they will not kill us before we have finished stating our claims.” PoliceBlack Lives MatterPolice BrutalityBlmPolicingPolice Murder Book:Abolishing the Police Source: Abolishing the Police
“If one views police as sophisticated agents who have effectively infiltrated and repressed progressive social movements for 150 years, then their violence and spying on 2020 protesters cannot be mystified as anomalous or the result of a lack of "preparation," "training," or "resources." And you can see the obfuscation in one of the most glaring omissions in the articles: they make no acknowledgment that police committed many thousands of intentional crimes. If the news acknowledged those acts as crimes, it would have to turn a piece about a lack of "training" into one about why police, prosecutors, and federal authorities in virtually every city largely chose to ignore those crimes. And what would that story get people thinking about?” Police BrutalityCopagandaThe Mafia In BlueGeorge FloydPolice MurderPolice Murder Of George Floyd2020 ProtestsPolice Criminality Book:Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News Source: Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News