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It is a sad reflection on Dems when this is controversial:
Posted on: August 18, 2020 at 15:02:38 CT
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"Most cops are good, but the fact is the bad ones have to be identified and prosecuted and out period," Biden said.
That line upset many progressive activists, who said it missed the point they have been making -- that police, whether they as individuals have used unjustified force against Black people or are at their heart racists, are participating in the systemic oppression of Black people by simply being police officers. The A.C.A.B (All cops are bastards) acronym often seen at Black Lives Matter protests, Independent writer Victoria Gagliardo-Silver said earlier this year, "means every single police officer is complicit in a system that actively devalues the lives of people of color."
"Protestors haven’t been in the streets all summer because ‘most cops are good,'" activist Brittney Cooper wrote on Twitter Monday. "Do better, Dems." The official Black Lives Matter Twitter account liked that tweet.
That line upset many progressive activists, who said it missed the point they have been making -- that police, whether they as individuals have used unjustified force against Black people or are at their heart racists, are participating in the systemic oppression of Black people by simply being police officers. The A.C.A.B (All cops are bastards) acronym often seen at Black Lives Matter protests, Independent writer Victoria Gagliardo-Silver said earlier this year, "means every single police officer is complicit in a system that actively devalues the lives of people of color."
"Protestors haven’t been in the streets all summer because ‘most cops are good,'" activist Brittney Cooper wrote on Twitter Monday. "Do better, Dems." The official Black Lives Matter Twitter account liked that tweet.
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It is a sad reflection on Dems when this is controversial: - Spanky KU - 8/18 15:02:38