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For a long time, I held on to the naïve assumption that cops in the US and cops in oppressive regimes were different. Surely US cops are held to a higher standard. Surely our democratic system means that, ultimately, they serve the people.

Needless to say, I’ve long since dispensed with this ridiculous notion. Like anywhere else, American cops are charged with protecting the state—and by extension, the powerful and the system they created.