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A justice system that protects whiteness not democracy

The Capitol insurrection: what law enforcement's refusal to protect Democracy tells us.

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Jan 10, 2021
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The bitter taste that continues to linger in my mouth after bearing witness to Wednesday’s violence, fascism and chaos, is the utter failure of law enforcement to address the situation beforehand and as it unfolded. And on the tail of a year filled with multiracial resistance to entrenched white supremacy and American police and state violence, the cont…

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