the left’s retreat on policing since the 2020 uprisings has been a massive shortcoming.
police are the oppressors and political opponents of the working class. you can’t liberate communities or build sustained municipal power for working & oppressed people without fighting back.
Yeah, I mean, he made three specific campaign promises about the NYPD and he’s walked them all back. They weren’t particularly ambitious promises either
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