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4. Thanks for this!

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Fri Aug 28, 2020, 06:11 AM

Aug 2020

These two sentences should scare the hell out of folks:

"*Donations may be, in part, to curry favor with a force that exists primarily to protect property & capital, the report said. Police foundations are a key space for orchestrating, normalizing & celebrating the collaboration between corporate power & the police,” the LittleSis report said."

LittleSis can be found here:

https://littlesis.org/

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Big Corporations Fund Private Police Foundations: Target, Google, BoA, Amazon, FB, Microsoft, Shell [View all] appalachiablue Aug 2020 OP

Our policing descends from the times of slavery... LakeVermilion Aug 2020 #1

K&R for visibility 2naSalit Aug 2020 #2

K&R Thanks for posting. alwaysinasnit Aug 2020 #3

Thanks for this! UserNotFound Aug 2020 #4

Tx for adding this, a very impt. group. appalachiablue Aug 2020 #6

K&R BeckyDem Aug 2020 #5

Police departments constantly need more dollars to pay for all sinkingfeeling Aug 2020 #7

Kick dalton99a Aug 2020 #8

Ultra wealthy corporations don't pay taxes, but fund law appalachiablue Aug 2020 #9