What’s Policing and How Did We Get to this Point

Early policing stems from American slavery (suprise, suprise) as a way to control Black bodies, all the way to the Northern American to control the poor. Officers of the law are traditionally trained as warriors and to kill first, not protect and deescalate a situation. However, where is that warrior mentality when officers confront whites….? Listen to Martina and Lyzeth talk about going the opposite way when seeing a cop.