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How Do We Teach Cops To Stop Being Racists?
We must abolish the police. No other solution that makes sense. History shows that law enforcement is committed to the code of the street, that mandates the senseless killing of Black people who are unarmed, and don’t pose a threat to trigger-happy cops, who are trained to shoot first, without hesitation.
We are way past the option of reforming super power institutions that have track records of violence and criminality against oppressed communities.
White supremacy is America’s approved religion, and based on the damning history of a country that was founded with blood, sweat, and tears of slaves, callously selected for the ultimate sacrifice based on skin color and the lethality of whiteness, we can’t expect that simply re-training rogue officers will suffice.
There’s no known cure for the epidemic of our lifetime.
Coronavirus has done its worst, but police brutality has become the functioning dysfunction that has been allowed to thrive without interruption because of the expandability of targeted victims.
There’s no rulebook available that instructs on how to remove the bigotry that racist cops…
