Colin C.C. Benjamin
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Book Excerpt #4: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
Benjamin: "The Second Amendment’s key phrase is in the opening line which says: 'A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State.' What was the…
Book Excerpt #3: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
Benjamin: These Slave Patrols, in time of relative calm, when there were no slave revolts and such, would often spend their time harassing and beating slaves. They were…
Book Excerpt #2: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
Benjamin: "The police 'Slave Patrol' system was created to protect the profits of these slaveholders who feared slave uprisings would economically disrupt their 'peculiar institution.” Photo: YouTube This…
Book Excerpt #1: “The Roots of Racism in American Policing”
Benjamin: "Police represent a domestic terrorist organization that is sanctioned by America’s white political structure to control Black people." Photo: YouTube George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor:…