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DENIAL PREVENTS THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION OF FIRING ALL OF THE WHITE COPS FROM ELSEWHERES




DENIAL PREVENTS THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION OF FIRING ALL OF THE WHITE COPS FROM ELSEWHERES.


All of you folk working from within to exact real change in America are like superheroes to me! Really.

My concern is that once these studies, recommendations and organizing drives are implemented,

it’ll be like another Ferguson where their study showed that 16,000 of the 21,000 residents had outstanding warrants out on them

and we STILL refused to implement or even say the obvious solution of firing ALL of the white cops from elsewheres patrolling and brutalizing Black spaces

and train and hire within with mandates from the community itself and watch 95% of our newsfeed just **poof** disappear.

Now I understand why, because it’s like having a bucket when the damn springs a leak; focus on saving as many as you can

and every life matters and every person counts, but then another damn springs a leak...and another...and another

and it’s time to start thinking (and then collectively saying) that maybe we need to fire all of these damn builders

and train and hire folk who live in the areas where the damn is being built to build the doggone damn ourselves?!?

The trouble with Occam’s Razor is that denial, self interest and self preservation beats common sense every time.

We wouldn’t tolerate this evil and ineptitude in our regular workplaces.

Having to put a camera on someone to make sure that they’re doing their job right.

Again, this is NOT a rebuke in ANY way because every single step we take saves lives and lifestyles;

it’s just a reminder of the overall picture that needs to be in sight.

Protesting inequities is amazing and matters so much but in India, their overarching goal was to kick the Brits out

and today, their economy is ranked #3 in the world 🌍 behind only China and the U.S.  Food for thought.

Can’t wait ‘til we have our own media. Everything changes.


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