Angela Davis: 'There Is An Unbroken Line Of Police Violence In The U.S. That Takes Us All The Way Back To The Days Of Slavery'

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CUBA - OCTOBER 01: Angela Davis In Cuba In 1972 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
CUBA - OCTOBER 01: Angela Davis In Cuba In 1972 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

“There is an unbroken line of police violence in the United States that takes us all the way back to the days of slavery, the aftermath of slavery, the development of the Ku Klux Klan,” says Angela Davis. “There is so much history of this racist violence that simply to bring one person to justice is not going to disturb the whole racist edifice.”

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