![]() ![]() The problem with the police is not that they are fascist pigs but that our country is ruled by majoritarian pigs. And so to challenge the police is to challenge the American people who send them into the ghettos armed with the same self-generated fears that compelled the people who think they are white to flee the cities and into the Dream. The abuses that have followed from these policies-the sprawling carceral state, the random detention of black people, the torture of suspects-are the product of democratic will. Ta-Nehisi Coates, in full Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates, (born September 30, 1975, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.), American essayist, journalist, and writer who often explored contemporary race relations, perhaps most notably in his book Between the World and Me (2015), which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me Hardcover Illustrated, Jby Ta-Nehisi Coates (Author) 37,391 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 13.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 28.00 64 Used from 5.81 11 New from 28.00 1 Collectible from 86. The truth is that the police reflect America in all of its will and fear, and whatever we might make of this country’s criminal justice policy, it cannot be said that it was imposed by a repressive minority. ![]() ![]() These are all fine and applicable, but they understate the task and allow the citizens of this country to pretend that there is real distance between their own attitudes and those of the ones appointed to protect them. ![]() “You may have heard the talk of diversity, sensitivity training, and body cameras. ![]()
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