Racism in America’s police force is linked to their role as keepers of the status quo in an unequal society. They enforce laws written by politicians on behalf of the wealthy — laws that end up trapping poor and working-class people in desperate lives. Racial and sexual minorities, legal and illegal immigrants are seen as threats to the social order.
Nicholas Powers, “‘They Think We Are Animals’: How America’s Police State Controls Black People” (via ftm-communist)
(Source: fabulous-trotskyist, via occupyla)
