Dude you have it backwards because the police in the US historically functioned to support slavery. I bet you didn’t intend it to be but your argument basicall

Dude you have it backwards because the police in the US historically functioned to support slavery. I bet you didn’t intend it to be but your argument basically blames the victim, when it’s the oppressor who is guilty of a crime - not the oppressed. It’s the fault of the oppressor for oppressing, that is the blocker to progress, not the response of the oppressed. The police are what need to change because they were and are a core part of the problem. Your other points may also have relevance, but are irrelevant until the root cause - which I describe above - is addressed. If your point was that because of America’s history of racial violence and terror, we need to defund (as opposed to reform with Peelian principles) the police since they were a key component of that system, or something along those lines, then please forgive my mis-understanding :).