Why Do Activists Say Police Began As Slave Patrols?

It logically doesn’t follow

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Last year I wrote a piece about systemic racism.

I linked the term systemic racism to the term institutional racism, a term coined by Stokely Carmichael. I pointed out Carmichael stated institutional racism and colonialism were one and the same. However, Carmichael also stated the analogy wasn’t perfect…