1/ Seeing surprise around police actions yesterday. Police were created in N.A. as a tool of capitalism. They were white, working class Euro men whose existence was to enforce slavery, colonization, and 'morality' aka oppression of race, gender, class, sexual orientation ...
2/ You have to understand and accept this history to understand the continued systemic issues in policing today. And those who deny their history are doomed to repeat it - that's what you saw yesterday - the roots of an institution created for violence and oppression...
3/Policing Black Lives by @policingblack breaks down this history in N.A., including the similarities/differences between US and Canada. Also check out @DesmondCole's the Skin We're In. Vital reads for all Canadians, particularly those of you 'surprised.' End.
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