What up Diallo,I greatly value your analysis and was wondering what you thought about the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance. David Boykin
Hey David, good to hear from you. "Empowering Communities for Public Safety" is a potential trap. The reason the public isn't safe is because of the unjust distribution of resources; and any policing (& yes, ECPS is some police shit) under capitalism is all about supporting this Status Quo, which is unjust, racist, and unsustainable. So if we deputized a bunch of Black people for Public Safety they will quickly begin to behave just like Black Cops....and Black Cops act just like Cops.
The Laws, Patrols, Enforcement, Public Policies, & Guns in the Black community are not there to protect or liberate the community, they are here to protect the property of those who have a little more than the rest. I have no problem with protecting what little shit we are able to accumulate in this system, BUT I have a problem with people misrepresenting what they are doing and why they are doing it. Many "Public Safety" Black people are Status Quo, not Revolutionary. Also, we should understand that the ECPS has always been a part of US culture and history. White men called a being citizen patrol or being deputized, our ancestors called them a lynch mob. In order to avoid doing harm or perpetuating an unjust Status Quo ECPS has to be holistic. The public safety "officers" should also be engaged in working towards the just distribution of resources among the community they are policing & contributing to Black Liberation (aka Revolution) efforts. The Black Panthers did this; they ensured safety within the larger organization agenda of fighting for Black Power and Liberation. Safety under oppression preserves oppression.
















