1. Attica
After seven days of negotiations between the prisoners and government authorities, the national guard and state police seized the prison, killing forty-three people, including ten hostages. ... The police are but the most obvious participants in the system of oppression in this country. ... Indeed, in the communities of color in our nation, men and women are beaten by police even before they are in jail and often without even going there. ... None of these comments are meant to diminish the brutality of the police in Philadelphia this week nor should they be construed to diminish the experie...
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