#abolish police
Happy Friday everyone. Also ACAB. Especially the ones in Texas who stood outside of an elementary school and let children die.
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The problem is the US. It’s its founding as a settler-colonial enterprise. The US is war and mass slaughter. The US majorly funds war abroad and police war at home.
Imperialism must be opposed. Colonialism must be opposed. White nationalists must be removed from all power and the US itself must be overturned. Nothing else is a solution.
So I found this image online and was possessed by the Meme Muse… (Here’s my version of the original post that has more alt text for the first image)
Above image originally circulated from @nerviovago . Alt text added
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You ever just look something and immediantly have OCs and a detailed backstory for each of them? Because boy do I…
Fascists are not welcome in communities
(Their chocolate tastes like boot leather anyway.)
Hopefully these signs aren’t still around but the sentiment still applies
Unfortunately… all the flags, bumper stickers (and people) are still around.
I would also like to add an obvious update but the “blue lives matter” flag is absolutely included in this^
think it is a good time to bring up the fact that the police in the united states of america are not legally required to protect people. that is straight up not part of their job.
furthermore,the united states police system was created largely out of runaway slave roundup patrols, they never existed to protect people, they were created to protect “property rights.”
They do not and have not ever existed to help keep folks safe. That is quite literally not even in their constitutional job description.
Notice this is not one department. Not one state. Not one “bad apple.”
It is spread across red and blue states, north and south states, urban and rural areas.
This is the way the system was designed. It is racist and violent.
4.17.21. Brooklyn Center, MN
Police dispersed a protest shortly into the night, then forced all journalists to surrender and consent to photographs of their faces, credentials, and IDs. Police also arrested marked medics for being present.
A local church opened to injured protestors the night before, and dozens of police responded by surrounding the church the following day.
Police are the acting arm of fascism.
police response is similar in other cities, like LA and NY pictured here. All cops have an interest in their own power and demanding their ability to kill with impunity.
That picture of the cops surrounding the church looks like a joke. It’s not.
It’s not a joke. In fact most of those guys standing around doing absolutely nothing of value for their community are earning overtime. Which will cost their community more. For nothing of value.
When people say “Defund the Police” this is part of what they mean. Useless displays of force that only serve to brutalize their citizens and result in cities paying out millions of dollars in settlements.
I wanted to post the church picture on my instagram story, so I fact checked first and I read an interview with the man who took the photo who said they were actually guarding a police station in that picture and there just do happened to be a church there.
Personally this changes nothing for me, but I just wanted to stop the spread of misinformation.
I was at that church earlier in the day that picture was taken. The police station is .1 miles away. Pretty close, sure, but between the actual police building and the church is the police parking lot and a private residence. I just don’t see how the cops could be standing that close to the church if they were guarding the station.
This was a very deliberate power play by the BCPD. That church has been a hub for community, resistance, and mutual aid since Daunte Wright was killed. By piling up next to it like that, they’re letting people know they’re more than willing to deny access to all manner of community support. 100% submission and compliance is the only response they’ll accept.