Feds Deliberately Targeted BLM Protesters To Disrupt The Movement, A Report Says
Experts say the prosecution of protesters continues a century-long practice rooted in structural racism to suppress Black social movements via the use of surveillance tactics and other mechanisms.
Hasnain says:
“Race data was only available for 27%, or 89 of the defendants. And of that number, 52% were identified as Black. Of the Black defendants, 91% were identified as male.
"The known proportion of Black defendants compared to the proportion of Black people in the United States, per the latest census data, indicates that Black defendants were dramatically overrepresented," the report stated.”
Posted on 2021-08-22T19:45:28+0000