yes, democrats have been complicit, sometimes overtly, sometimes inadvertently. the idealogy around policing and use of force transcends party, institutions, an

yes, democrats have been complicit, sometimes overtly, sometimes inadvertently. the idealogy around policing and use of force transcends party, institutions, and even race itself. policing needs to be completely reformed and its funding largely funneled to community building and support rather than use of force against minorities. there was a great story recently on latino usa[0] about josé tomás canales, a texas representative from 100 years ago who fought against the racist impunity of the texas rangers on the texas border. the lawyers for the rangers, knowing that the national media was trained on them in a time with little national media, magnified the threat and danger of the border and mexicans to turn the country toward support of the racist use force by the rangers. a hundred years later, we still curry in that bullshit. [0] https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/878316528/the-lone-legislator https://www.npr.org/2020/06/16/878316528/the-lone-legislator