The father of a 12-year-old Black boy who was briefly detained by police while taking out the trash outside his Lansing, Michigan, apartment building said Monday he does not accept an apology from the police.
America needs to get rid of qualified immunity protections for law enforcement. It undermines the legitimacy of the police force and erodes community trust in law enforcement as a whole.
Sadly the very foundation of policing in a capitalist system is designed to protect capital in all forms, and has NOTHING to do with protecting people.
If capitalism needs endless resources to grow endlessly, then what does that say about the incarceration institutions which financially benefit not from the amount of people they rehabilitate, but rather simply by how many people they can incarcerate?
America needs to get rid of qualified immunity protections for law enforcement. It undermines the legitimacy of the police force and erodes community trust in law enforcement as a whole.
Sadly the very foundation of policing in a capitalist system is designed to protect capital in all forms, and has NOTHING to do with protecting people.
If capitalism needs endless resources to grow endlessly, then what does that say about the incarceration institutions which financially benefit not from the amount of people they rehabilitate, but rather simply by how many people they can incarcerate?