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Beware the Dangers of Reformism
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
05 Mar 2018
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Reformers often wind up legitimizing and strengthening police power, said Dylan Rodriguez, professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside. Much of what is called “police brutality” is, in practice, “fully endorsed or, at least condoned by the legal system,” he said. It is simply “policing”—American-style. Professor Dylan authored an article for Black Agenda Report, titled "'Mass Incarceration' Reform as Police Endorsement."

Mass Black Incarceration

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