I made a comment in a Hood News post and I was asked to re-post it in this open forum to hopefully spark a larger conversation..
There seems to be a step-up in police counter-insurgency in our communities. Being clear the counter-insurgency from the 60/70's never stopped but just changed how it rationalized its brutality. (i.e... a War on Drugs, a War on Gangs, a War on Terror)
It seemed, however, that beast was more inclined to incarcerate and warehouse our youth than outright murder as it was seen as old school and unsophisticated. (Think how white folk were embarrassed by the outright white supremacy of southern vs the subtle, structural white supremacy of the north..)
Any way to get to the point... there have been at least 4 high profile killings that have made national news.. which suggests that there are more..thus the need for a national conversation...
1. Marquis Randle, a victim of an unwarranted police shooting in November that may leave him partially paralyzed. (New Jersey)
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2. Javon Dawson (Petersburg, FL)
Uhuru News
3. Sean Bell (NYC)
4. DeOnte Rawlings (DC)
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Additionally...in DC.. the police have started using fascist check points to isolate communities that have high crime rates as a rationale to combat crime.
(click here)
Basic assumptions.. 1. a recurring incident is not an accident, 2. police brutality is not about a few bad cops, 3. law enforcement gets its direction from a/the ruling class, 4. counter-insurgency is the basic policy of the police towards African communities.. (Omali Yeshitela)
Question...
what are the trends/connections that are influencing the step-up in counter-insurgency?
what strategies do we as the "conscious" of our community need to be doing to organize against this step-up in counter-insurgency?