The origin of police in the US is rooted in systemic racism, slavery, and land dispossession. Volunteer militias composed of white settlers hunted & captured enslaved Africans attempting to escape bondage. They slaughtered Indigenous people to clear the land for more plantations
Their function has always been to wield violence in order to protect white capital and private property. They didn’t even bother to change the famous star-shaped badge that the early slave catchers and Indian killers were given.
The system is not broken, it is working exactly as it was intended to. The sooner we come to terms with the fact that we live under a white supremacist, capitalist colonial regime, the better we can educate our communities, agitate for our freedom, and liberate our people.
Now is the time to come together, fight and resist the oppressor. Minneapolis is the birthplace of the American Indian Movement, which formed in response to police violence against Native communities in the city.
The history of Black and Indigenous resistance in Minneapolis demonstrates that our histories of resistance and solidarity are deep.
Native resistance movements have always been inspired by African liberation struggles and we continue to use theories and praxis that Black revolutionaries have developed over the course of generations.
We pledge to combat the anti-Black racism that runs deep in Native families, communities, and nations. We pledge to use whatever resources we have as The Red Nation to elevate the voices and struggles of our Black and African relatives.
We acknowledge and embrace our Black Indigenous relatives wherever they are. We pledge to advance the long histories of shared struggle between Black and Indigenous peoples in all our work.
Whatever harm we may have caused one another, we encourage Black and Indigenous people to come together in this moment to fight in unity so we can bring this beast down once and for all.
As we hold the grief and anger in our hearts for the way police kill our relatives with impunity, our hearts are also full of gratitude and joy for seeing the people refuse to allow this violent settler state to kill and oppress us any longer.
With this much people power growing on the ground while this violent empire is in shambles, we have never been closer in our lifetime to bringing it to its knees. What we do here affects the lives of billions who live under the boot of US imperialism.
Defunding police here gets us one step closer to ending US occupation everywhere. We, the people, are taking back our power; it has never been more abundantly clear that revolution is necessary. #Justice4GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter #DefundPolice
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