Gladwyn d’SouzaJan 11, 2024

Elie Mystal forThe Nation: I predicted, in June of that year, mere weeks after the murder, that all of the alleged “solidarity” from corporate or political “allies” was white bullshit. I explained that white folks understand (either consciously or not) that the police are there to protect them, their privilege, and their power. I said that white folks are fundamentally willing to sacrifice innocent Black people to the murderous clutches of the police if it ensures their continued supremacy. I wrote:

The system of white supremacy enforced and protected by the American police was not built in a day, and it will not be dismantled in a day.

the statistics showed that Black people were 2.6 times more likely to be killed by the police than white people.

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https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/cops-killed-more-people-in-2023-than-in-years/

The Cops Killed More People in 2023 Than They Had in Years

Three-and-a-half years after the George Floyd protests rocked country, we are back to the quiet acceptance of systemic injustice.

The Nation
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Elie Mystal for The Nation: It’s worth noting that the cops unleashed their most deadly year on us when the murder rate by people who are not protected by a badge went down. Society as a whole was less homicidal, but the cops were more violent. That’s on top of the cops asking for more money and more weapons to combat a “crime wave” that doesn’t actually exist.

Another critical point: This report tracks only the number of deaths by the police; it doesn’t track the attempted homicides. It doesn’t track the beatings or sexual assaults. It doesn’t track the racial harassment or false arrests. This report doesn’t account for the people who miraculously survived their encounter with predatory police and escaped with only broken limbs, perforated lungs, or lifetime psychological scars.

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Jan 11, 2024 at 5:54pmWeb
Show threadGladwyn d’SouzaJan 11, 2024

Elie Mystal for The Nation: Whatever else happens in 2024, one thing is certain: The police will kill more people, those people will be disproportionately Black, and nobody will stop them.
But, hey, former Harvard University president Claudine Gay improperly cited some of her sources, so really her appointment was the biggest racial injustice story of the year. Not Tyre Nichols, who was lynched by a group of Memphis cops. Not Niani Finlayson, who was fatally shot by a Los Angeles police officer mere seconds after he arrived on the scene to respond to a domestic violence call she made. Not Leonard Allan Cure, who spent 16 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, was exonerated, and was shot to death by police during a traffic stop.

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