The Cookout

[Blackgravity]

Racist strands in policing run deep in American history. “From the beginning there’s been negative relations between police and communities of color,” says Lorenzo Boyd, a police consultant and trainer, and vice president of diversity and inclusion at the University of New Haven. “From slave patrols through the Civil War, Jim Crow period, the civil rights movement, racial profiling, stop-and-frisk, and on through the current Black Lives Matter protests.”

This is a long read, most of the information in this article is widely known by most of us it's still worth checking out.

The Enemy Within

Race and White Supremacy in American Policing

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Jay]

This is one of the largest differences between the plight of Black Americans and everyone else. The State is literally against us. The Citizens, The Police, the DA, the Judge, the Mayor, the Governor, the President are all against us. We have no safe haven.

 

[DOSO]

This is one of the largest differences between the plight of Black Americans and everyone else. The State is literally against us. The Citizens, The Police, the DA, the Judge, the Mayor, the Governor, the President are all against us. We have no safe haven.

Yep. I agree.

 

[Blackgravity]

It's all the more reason we need to be On Code like our lives depend on it, because it literally does. When I see the lack of urgency and understanding about what's going on, I get really frustrated and pissed, I will never doubt or people's ability or resolve, I just wish more of us gave a damn. Especially the ones with resources that could contribute to the fight we are in.

 

[Terrymist]

It's all the more reason we need to be On Code like our lives depend on it, because it literally does. When I see the lack of urgency and understanding about what's going on, I get really frustrated and pissed, I will never doubt or people's ability or resolve, I just wish more of us gave a damn. Especially the ones with resources that could contribute to the fight we are in.

At this point, any one still off code, they will have to be left where they are.