When the power differential between police and communities is so large, the “Police-Community Relations” narrative can skew the conversation.
Tag: Black Criminality
The War on Citizens
Through the 1980s and 1990s, federal and state governments increased sentences, limited parole, expanded the War on Drugs, and militarized the police. The predominant attitude, held by both conservatives and liberals, was that criminals and addicts were an enemy who needed punishment instead of rehabilitation.
The Repeating Rhetoric Against Civil Rights
Rhetoric from many opponents of Black Lives Matter has only deepened our divisions by dismissing oppression, linking civil rights with violence and professing Black criminality.