In Greece, one teenage anarchist was killed by cops and they've had a riot on his anniversary every year since. In the US that's like. Your average Tuesday.https://twitter.com/kulturalmarx/status/994113732409094144 …
-
-
Cops everywhere are the agents of oppression but the way Native and Black communities are policed in the United States is unique and that demands special attention. And that policing comes directly from the legacy of European colonialism.
Show this thread -
If I told a Black person to stop playing "oppression Olympics" because cops arrest white Americans, too, I'd get rightfully eviscerated. A four orders of magnitude difference in the per capita cop murder rate is actually worth calling out.
Show this thread -
Police brutality against Black Americans is measurably, dramatically, and factually worse in every way than it is for any other population in any other Western white-dominated nation. There's no contest here.
Show this thread -
Nor does it detract from other nations' police brutality issues to call out the unique issues here.
Show this thread
End of conversation
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.