There are a great many reasons why Black people and other marginalized groups do not trust law enforcement of any kind. The violence that has historically been set against these groups is eye-level on the tree of policing but another reason, one much less-critiqued, is the fact that police aren’t good at policing. Often, the devout defenders of deputized state agents will dismiss accusations of racism by police. To that, we say, even if we find a way to accept that police aren’t the bigoted “blue lives” that we know them to be, Hanlon’s Razor is still a thing. It is the old adage that states: “never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity”.

Don’t take our word for it, just asked Breonna Tay-…oh, right, you can’t.

According to reporting by 11Alive, a Black, 49-

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