Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agoIt's a terrible timeline to be in at the moment, at least white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this countryimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1464arrow-down120
arrow-up1444arrow-down1imageIt's a terrible timeline to be in at the moment, at least white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this countrySunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Boycott US@lemmy.caEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square51linkfedilink
minus-squareExtremeDullard@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down3·2 months ago […] white people are experiencing the policing non-whites suffer from in this country What ICE is doing has nothing to do with policing.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·2 months agoThe origin of policing in the US is runaway slave catching. It’d say its pretty damn in line with policing, historically speaking.
minus-squareJanx@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoModern policing maintains at least the veneer of enforcing the law (unless you’re powerful and/or rich).
minus-squareunderisk@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·edit-22 months agoThat veneer only ever existed to people who wanted to see it and could afford to ignore the truth.
minus-squareZDL@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWhat American police in general tend to do has nothing to do with policing. It’s just that up until now white folk, outside of the absolute poorest classes, tended not to be on the receiving end of it.
What ICE is doing has nothing to do with policing.
The origin of policing in the US is runaway slave catching. It’d say its pretty damn in line with policing, historically speaking.
Modern policing maintains at least the veneer of enforcing the law (unless you’re powerful and/or rich).
That veneer only ever existed to people who wanted to see it and could afford to ignore the truth.
What American police in general tend to do has nothing to do with policing. It’s just that up until now white folk, outside of the absolute poorest classes, tended not to be on the receiving end of it.