🗣 'We must accept nothing less than abolition of all law enforcement.' –kandistmallett
, these mysterious agitators were all of a sudden showing up everywhere that confrontational protests occurred. We also started seeing videos of Black organizers yelling at non-Black people who were apparently committing vandalism. But this erases the Black and Brown youth who were taking these actions in their communities — part of a long tradition of erasing the Black radical from political discourse.
The outside agitator narrative was a convenient way to avoid acknowledging the true rage of the youth who feel so betrayed by this society. The media succeeded in shifting public opinion away from these harsh displays of rebellion and toward displays of resistance that were easier to consume.This past weekend saw a major shift in the character of street demonstrations across the country. The burning cop cars, broken windows, and “ACAB” graffiti walls seem distant now.
Twitter feeds have been filled with photos of protesters and cops kneeling, dancing together, and hugging, all in the name of Black lives. Corporate websites swapped out their disclaimers about COVID-19 for messages about solidarity with the Black lives movement. A recent commitment by the city of Minneapolis to disband its police department has been heralded as a win for abolitionists. Yet as of this writing, this pledge is little more than that, and the majority white commentariat has already worked to water down the concept of police abolition by assuring their white audiences that itBut the rage that put abolition on the national stage has been arrested, and is now being overshadowed by interests profiting off the unrest.
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