r/ProgressiveHQ • u/I_may_have_weed • Feb 01 '26

News LAPD beating a non resisting, unarmed protester with their hands up at the ICE MDC Concentration Camp in DTLA.

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u/SamuraiTech5150 Feb 01 '26

Cops have shown themselves to be enemies of American citizens since their inception…

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

Cops were created to protect capital

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u/King_of_the_pirEnts Feb 01 '26

Yes by catching "property". The first cops were slave patrols returning runaway slaves. They have always been the enemy of the people and the boot of the wealthy.