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Six Mississippi 'goon squad' deputies plead guilty to torturing Black men

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    Gekko
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    It's infuriating that this is happening in the year 2023, that there's so much racial hatred in this country. And this wasn't a crime of passion, this was organized. There was a preexisting system...

    It's infuriating that this is happening in the year 2023, that there's so much racial hatred in this country. And this wasn't a crime of passion, this was organized. There was a preexisting system and who knows how many times police officers get away with shit like this.

    How fucking blind do you have to be to think that the racial tension in our country is caused by inflammatory social media posts, protests, or movie castings. As far as I'm concerned, we just hid the public lynching, racist pieces of shit still hate people for the color of their skin, and get away with treating them as less than human.

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    1. Tmbreen
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      There is some evidence to believe lynching only went away due to cops doing the torturing instead of mobs. I highly recommend the "Behind the Police" miniseries by the same people that do the...

      There is some evidence to believe lynching only went away due to cops doing the torturing instead of mobs.

      I highly recommend the "Behind the Police" miniseries by the same people that do the Behind the Bastards podcasts. They didn't have time to cover everything, but it's a good dive into the history of policing in the US.

      https://open.spotify.com/show/2ejvdShhn5D9tlVbb5vj9B?si=700l03HLR7StiJCoRrDV-w

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