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Emphasis mine:
In address to the Americans who’ve repeatedly felt cynical about progress whether in the context of police brutality or more generally speaking, Barack Obama promoted policy solutions as the antidote to the “recurrent problem of racial bias.” However, by definition, the persistence of racial bias in law enforcement is a problem that is far exterior to the rewriting of legislation. Rather, the black hatred which drove Derek Chauvin’s knee into George Floyd’s neck is one which predates the passage of every criminal code, every bill made into law, and every court ruling… Our laws are simply a reflection of what our democracy finds to be morally permissible, and thus the leniency with which police officers are given for their misconduct is a reflection of not insufficient legislation but rather the ways in which our civil society has historically enabled racism.
Sadly, Barack Obama Is Wrong About George Floyd by Beatrice Phi, on B is for Blog