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White Supremacists Are Taking Over Police Departments Across America (Original Post)
Quixote1818
Feb 2017
OP
I am seeing a lot of cars in my rural IL area with "Oathkeeper" stickers.
Midnight Writer
Feb 2017
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Midnight Writer
(21,717 posts)1. I am seeing a lot of cars in my rural IL area with "Oathkeeper" stickers.
msongs
(67,361 posts)2. police unions endorsed trump. they want more power, more $$ filled jails, more job security nt
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)3. No need to qualify with "white."
It is 'supremacy' in many ways. Gay or Lesbian? Good luck! Transgender? Forget about it! Jewish, Muslim, Hindu? You are expecting help?! Female? Sure, sweetheart, we'll help. **wink**
The "white" version is just more visible. What is really fucking sad? It is VISIBLE and there are those who simply shrug their shoulders and make excuses.
Institutional bigotry; it's a real thing!
Solomon
(12,310 posts)4. Alternate supremacy? Er um, no, it is definitely white supremacy.
It should be called out for what it is. No more word games.
Behind the Aegis
(53,921 posts)5. It isn't "alternate".
There are various forms of supremacy, all of which the police and other institutions enact on the populace.
ismnotwasm
(41,967 posts)6. It's supremacy over every intersectional point.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)7. have been "taking over"
for a long time in a slow infiltration over generations. Nothing new to me.....especially given that the South's KKK always had police in their ranks. Now it's North, East, West.