LAST WORDS
Their final words before being killed by police.
" Without equal access to the law, the system not only robs the poor of their only protection, but it places it in the hands of their oppressors the most powerful and ruthless weapon ever created ."
- Reginald Heber Smith, Justice and the Poor, 1919
" Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. "
- Frederick Douglass, "West Indian Emancipation" August 4, 1857
And of course, not all police are bad. Most officers are actually quite effective, polite and reliable. But just as it is with 'bad people', bad cops exists. That's reality, not demonization.
The point?
I have peaceful, reasonable methods of discourse and resistance if confronted by bad people. However, I have no recourse but complete dog-like obedience & fucking hope when dealing with bad cops.
-C.D.
Their final words before being killed by police.
" Without equal access to the law, the system not only robs the poor of their only protection, but it places it in the hands of their oppressors the most powerful and ruthless weapon ever created ."
- Reginald Heber Smith, Justice and the Poor, 1919
" Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue until they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both. "
- Frederick Douglass, "West Indian Emancipation" August 4, 1857
And of course, not all police are bad. Most officers are actually quite effective, polite and reliable. But just as it is with 'bad people', bad cops exists. That's reality, not demonization.
The point?
I have peaceful, reasonable methods of discourse and resistance if confronted by bad people. However, I have no recourse but complete dog-like obedience & fucking hope when dealing with bad cops.
-C.D.
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