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“[O]ppressive policing which is rooted in anti-blackness, social control and containment. . . . It’s impossible for non-oppressive policing to exist in a fundamentally oppressive and unjust society. . . . A very few people whisper that the essential nature of policing is oppressive and is not susceptible to any reforms, thus only abolition is realistic. These people are considered heretic by most.” – Mariame Kaba
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We need government cops because private protection forces would be accountable to the powerful…
A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The decision wasn’t a surprise — leaks from the grand jury had led most observers to conclude an indictment was unlikely — but it was unusua…
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