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"Many police departments originated as patrols dedicated to capturing enslaved people. Other antecedents of modern policing extend farther back in history to the ”oversight” of Native peoples. The main function of policing is to protect the interests of the ruling classes".
In other words, in the United States, police departments have been conditioned, from their origin, to target and focus on non-white communities.
LT ROXANNE MATHAI -- BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS SHERIFF DEPT posted a photo of rioters on the Capitol’s balcony, writing as the caption, “and we are going in… in the crowd at the stairs… not inside the capitol like the others. Not catching a case lol.”
DAVID ELLIS -- POLICE CHIEF TROY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, attended the rally, but told a New York Magazine reporter that while he condemned the assault on the Capitol, “there’s a lot of Trump supporters that are awesome people, like me.”
OFFICER THOMAS GOLDIE -- ZELIENOPLE BOROUGH POLICE DEPARTMENT (near Pittsburgh) One photo shows him wearing a hat that reads, “Trump MAGA 2020 f— your feelings.”
SHERIFF CHRIS WEST CANADIAN COUNTY, OK, attended "rally“ and posted on Facebook "I’m okay with using whatever means necessary to preserve America and save FREEDOM & LIBERTY… I want several in Congress… in prison, or worse.”
DET JEFF FARMER-- FRANKLIN COUNTY, KY.(2019 deputy off the year)
allegedly has made multiple social media posts expressing “disbelief in systemic racism and unconscious bias,” and “resigned from the Versailles PD ‘in exchange for no further pursuit of criminal charges against him
allegedly has made multiple social media posts expressing “disbelief in systemic racism and unconscious bias,” and “resigned from the Versailles PD ‘in exchange for no further pursuit of criminal charges against him
PHILADELPHIA POLICE DETECTIVE JENNIFER GUGGER. Until last week, she served in the department’s Recruit Background Investigations Unit, and the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “until recently, [her] Facebook profile photo was a reference to the QAnon conspiracy movement.
![PHILADELPHIA POLICE DETECTIVE JENNIFER GUGGER. Until last week, she served in the department’s Recruit Background Investigations Unit, and the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “until recently, [her] Facebook profile photo was a reference to the QAnon conspiracy movement.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsbHil0XcAMZ21u.jpg "PHILADELPHIA POLICE DETECTIVE JENNIFER GUGGER. Until last week, she served in the department’s Recruit Background Investigations Unit, and the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “until recently, [her] Facebook profile photo was a reference to the QAnon conspiracy movement.")
SGT T.J. ROBERTSON and OFFICER JACOB FRACKER ROCKY MOUNT, VIRGINIA, wrote: “CNN and the Left are just mad because we actually attacked the government who is the problem and not some random small business … The right IN ONE DAY took the f——— U.S. Capitol. Keep poking us.”
