Police officers Quote by Angela Y. Davis

By swallowing the false narrative of systemic racism, we have demonized and criminalized police while turning criminals into civil-rights martyrs.

— Miranda Devine

There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery,…

— Angela Davis

It is time to raze the institutional foundations of racism and segregation within politics, law enforcement and society at large.

— Monty Williams

“The announced function of the police, “to protect and serve the people,” becomes the grotesque caricature of protecting and preserving the interests of our…

— Joy James

We've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system.

— Hillary Clinton

There is police brutality. People of color have been targeted by police.

— Colin Kaepernick

Violence, with its ever-present economy of uncertainty, fear, and terror, is no longer merely a side effect of police brutality, war, or criminal behavior.…

— Henry Giroux

“You may have heard the talk of diversity, sensitivity training, and body cameras. These are all fine and applicable, but they understate the task…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“As far as i was concerned, the police in the Black communities were nothing but a foreign, occupying army, beating, torturing, and murdering people…

— Assata Shakur

What we're dealing with is institutional, and unless systems are put into place that will ensure accountability, we can expect racially biased police practices…

— Michelle Alexander

You're not going to have the police force representing the black and brown community, if they've spent the last 30 years busting every son…

— Quentin Tarantino

It goes back in the black community that the police are not your friends. That's an old, old, deep understanding that we have, that…

— Courtney B. Vance