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The '''police''' | The '''police''' are state body that has the monopoly on the legal use of force. Under [[Dictatorship of the bourgeoisie|bourgeois governments]], they are used to repress the [[working class]] and protect the profits of the bourgeoisie. They break [[Strike action|strikes]] and carry out evictions.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Cops: enforcers for the capitalist class|date=2014-08-12|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/cops-enforcers-for-the-capitalist-class/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414233420/https://www.liberationschool.org/cops-enforcers-for-the-capitalist-class/|archive-date=2021-04-14|retrieved=2022-09-17}}</ref> | ||
== By country == | |||
=== United Kingdom === | |||
[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|British]] police have infiltrated over 1,000 political, environmental, and social justice groups. They maintain a secret blacklist of radicals who are barred from jobs.<ref>{{Web citation|author=Lowkey|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=SpyCops: How the UK Police Infiltrated Over 1,000 Political Groups|date=2021-08-05|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/spycops-how-the-uk-police-infiltrated-1000-activists-groups/278164/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125080142/https://www.mintpressnews.com/spycops-how-the-uk-police-infiltrated-1000-activists-groups/278164/|archive-date=2022-01-25|retrieved=2022-10-09}}</ref> | |||
=== United States === | |||
In the [[White supremacy|white supremacist]] [[United States of America|United States]], police in [[African diaspora in the United States|Black]] communities act like an occupying army.<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=How can police brutality be stopped?|date=2005-06-02|url=https://www.liberationschool.org/how-can-police-brutality-be-stopped/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303054351/https://www.liberationschool.org/how-can-police-brutality-be-stopped/|archive-date=2022-03-03|retrieved=2022-09-17}}</ref> Black people are 2.5 times as likely to be killed by police as white people,<ref>{{Web citation|author=Linda Chong|newspaper=The Bottom Line|title=Why All Cops Are Bad|date=2020-06-06|url=https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2020/06/why-all-cops-are-bad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913140538/https://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2020/06/why-all-cops-are-bad|archive-date=2022-09-13|retrieved=2022-09-25}}</ref> and murders by police area leading cause of death for Black men.<ref>{{Web citation|author=[[Alan MacLeod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Killer Cops: Police Killed Over 1,000 Americans in 2020|date=2020-12-28|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/killer-cops-police-killed-1000-americans-2020/273942/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023104355/https://www.mintpressnews.com/killer-cops-police-killed-1000-americans-2020/273942/|archive-date=2021-10-23|retrieved=2022-10-09}}</ref> Police brutality was the main cause of the [[George Floyd protests|2020 George Floyd protests]]. U.S. police also work with far-right groups such as the [[Oath Keepers]], [[Project Veritas]], and [[Traditionalist Worker Party]].<ref>{{Web citation|author=Ted Rall|newspaper=[[Counterpunch]]|title=The Awful Reason Police Don’t Go After Right-Wing Extremists|date=2018-11-08|url=https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/08/the-awful-reason-police-dont-go-after-right-wing-extremists/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211125123400/https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/11/08/the-awful-reason-police-dont-go-after-right-wing-extremists/|archive-date=2021-11-25|retrieved=2022-09-25}}</ref> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Revision as of 19:12, 9 October 2022
The police are state body that has the monopoly on the legal use of force. Under bourgeois governments, they are used to repress the working class and protect the profits of the bourgeoisie. They break strikes and carry out evictions.[1]
By country
United Kingdom
British police have infiltrated over 1,000 political, environmental, and social justice groups. They maintain a secret blacklist of radicals who are barred from jobs.[2]
United States
In the white supremacist United States, police in Black communities act like an occupying army.[3] Black people are 2.5 times as likely to be killed by police as white people,[4] and murders by police area leading cause of death for Black men.[5] Police brutality was the main cause of the 2020 George Floyd protests. U.S. police also work with far-right groups such as the Oath Keepers, Project Veritas, and Traditionalist Worker Party.[6]
References
- ↑ "Cops: enforcers for the capitalist class" (2014-08-12). Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
- ↑ Lowkey (2021-08-05). "SpyCops: How the UK Police Infiltrated Over 1,000 Political Groups" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ↑ "How can police brutality be stopped?" (2005-06-02). Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2022-03-03. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
- ↑ Linda Chong (2020-06-06). "Why All Cops Are Bad" The Bottom Line. Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
- ↑ Alan MacLeod (2020-12-28). "Killer Cops: Police Killed Over 1,000 Americans in 2020" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
- ↑ Ted Rall (2018-11-08). "The Awful Reason Police Don’t Go After Right-Wing Extremists" Counterpunch. Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2022-09-25.