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We are the governed. We no longer consent to let the police kill us.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/we-are-the-governed-we-no-longer-consent-to-let-the-police-kill-us/2020/06/01/9fad7274-a440-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.htmlBy Eugene Robinson
This coast-to-coast uprising is not about terrorism, foreign or domestic. It’s not about arson, looting or carpeting streets with broken glass. It’s about a powerful phrase in the Declaration of Independence: “the consent of the governed.” Police in this country no longer have our consent to kill African Americans unjustly and with impunity.
They are saying, quite clearly, that enough is enough. What happened to Floyd should never happen again. Consent is withdrawn.
But the basic principle is simple: Policing is something that must be done with and for a community, not to a community. Those officers should have been made to understand that their duty was to treat Floyd like a citizen — not like some black guy whose life was worthless.