mekka okereke :verified:
People often confuse interpersonal racism for systemic racism. A Black cop is more likely to go to jail for murdering an innocent Black man, than a white cop would be. Convicting these cops may be fair, but it is not a reduction in systemic racism.
This is Black cops becoming agents of white supremacy, and then being held accountable because they're not shielded by that same hate.
We can hold the Black cops accountable, but not the system that they work in.
mekka okereke :verified:
For the most part, US police don't do what TV shows and the news tell you they do.
They don't run in schools to save children from gunmen.
They don't recover stolen goods.
They don't protect you from domestic violence before it happens.
They don't solve sexual assault cases.
What they do with all those billions of dollars is beat up poor Black folk and extract money from them through fines, tickets, court fees, unpaid prison labor, and theft.
That's the job. And it doesn't keep you safer.
mekka okereke :verified:
This is the criminal justice equivalent of Tesla drivers proudly proclaiming that they've deleted all Kanye songs from their playlists.?
I don't need to watch the video. There's nothing I could learn from it that I don't already know.
And I don't believe watching the video will move y'all to justice. Many folks watched the George Floyd video and cried a little bit, then went right back to saying, "But we can't defund the police!"
Some folk are more concerned about possible riots than justice.
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