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We’ve been taught to think they “catch the bad guys they chase the bank robbers they find the serial killers. 'They spend most of their time responding to noise complaints, issuing parking and traffic citations, and dealing with other noncriminal issues. Police forces across the United States have faced increasing criticism for using excessive force against peaceful protesters 'The first thing to point out is that police officers don’t do what you think they do,' wrote Kaba. She also pushed back against the 'big myth' of a police officer's role to 'catch the bad guys' by citing Alex Vitale, the coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College. Kaba then asserted that police officers, more often than not, are dealing with lower level crimes than the serious felonies that have characterized their jobs and reputation. Over the past three weeks, thousands flooded American streets for Black Lives Matter protests against systematic racism and police brutality. Chauvin was charged with his murder four days later after calls to action. 'When a police officer brutalizes a black person, he is doing what he sees as his job.'Ĭell phone footage showed George Floyd pleading 'I can't breathe' while white officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes before becoming unresponsive.įloyd later died at a local hospital. 'So when you see a police officer pressing his knee into a black man’s neck until he dies, that’s the logical result of policing in America,' She cited slave patrols of the South in the 17s as past policing, and the quelling of labor rights against the rich in the mid-1800s in the North. Kaba continued that there was 'not a single era' where police were not a 'force of violence against black people'. Last Wednesday, Arkansas Sen, Tom Cotton (pictured) released a controversial op-ed in the New York Times that called on President Trump to used militarized force against protesters Tom Cotton, who implored President Trump to use 'overwhelming show of force' to disband protests.Ĭotton was also criticized for suggesting the use of the Insurrection Act of 1807, which allows the sitting president to deploy military troops against Americans to reinforce normal law and order.
This stance comes at direct odds with an op-ed piece published by Arkansas Republican Sen. 'The only way to diminish police violence is to reduce contact between the public and the police. 'But efforts to solve police violence through liberal reforms like these have failed for nearly a century. Enough. 'Congressional Democrats want to make it easier to identify and prosecute police misconduct Joe Biden wants to give police departments $300million,' wrote Kaba. Kaba argued that police departments cannot simply be reformed, but must be downsized to avoid continued instances of excessive force against African-Americans and other groups. Mariame Kaba (pictured) is an anti-criminalization organizer who has fought to dismantle the American prison industrial complex Calls to defund, disband and dismantle police institutions have surged amid protests over the death of George Floyd.The piece urged President Trump to use militarized force against protesters and argued for using the Insurrection Act of 1807.Tom Cotton was blasted for his New York Times op-ed 'Send in the Troops' 'The only way to diminish police violence is to reduce contact between the public and the police,' she wrote.Kaba argued that police reforms in the past have failed and African-Americans are continuously brutalized by authorities.The piece called to make police forces 'obsolete' and instead rely on a community-led public safety system.The New York Times published an op-ed titled 'Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police' by Mariame Kaba on Friday.
Tom Cotton’s ‘Send in the Troop’ piece caused staffers to revolt and a senior editor to resign 'We can't reform the police': NY Times publishes op-ed calling for total abolition of police forces just one week after Sen.