America is Fucked

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    Confessions of a Former Bastard Cop

    "Modified Image by StockSnap from Pixabay"

    "I was a police officer for nearly ten years and I was a bastard. We all were.

    This essay has been kicking around in my head for years now and I’ve never felt confident enough to write it. It’s a time in my life I’m ashamed of. It’s a time that I hurt people and, through inaction, allowed others to be hurt. It’s a time that I acted as a violent agent of capitalism and white supremacy. Under the guise of public safety, I personally ruined people’s lives but in so doing, made the public no safer... so did the family members and close friends of mine who also bore the badge alongside me.

    But enough is enough."

    https://medium.com/@OfcrACab/con…

    via https://kottke.org/

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