By some accounts, black men are being slain by America’s police more than twice the rate of white men, a frequency that has caused national tension and distrust of law-enforcement agencies among blacks across the nation.
More concerning is that perhaps white nationalists, militia groups, fringe groups, and individuals whose ideologies parallel those of a modern-day Ku Klux Klan have infiltrated America’s law enforcement agencies and military for decades, which, by the way, is just as dangerous as terrorist cells sitting idly by across the nation exhibiting no warning when one might strike. The only difference is that African Americans and blacks are the targets.
When Black culture continues to see the use of excessive force and gun violence either committed or perpetrated against unarmed young Black men and women, while peaceful arrests are afforded to White men who are armed, dangerous, and carry out heinous-murderous crimes, then something fundamentally needs to change within police departments across America. American leaders should not take it for granted that America is any less vulnerable to becoming a failed state than any other nation in the world’s past. Because of the possibility of implosion, systematic change must be of the highest priority.
So as to work in tandem, concerned Americans and/or citizens alike must continue to exercise their constitutional rights to freedom of speech, to peaceably assemble for protests, and to use any viable economic means [i.e., boycotts, capital redirections, divestment interests, etc.] to encourage constructive changes that affect gun violence, police brutality, and policies within law enforcement that need to be changed for the betterment of society.
Let me leave you with two great quotes:
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.” — Abraham Lincoln.
“When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.” — John Basil Barnhill.
Something else may interest you: “When governments fear the people.” Or, this, “Slave Patrols: The Birth of the Modern Police“
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