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Police brutality and socioeconomic injustice in Minneapolis 101, request for education materials/sources, outreach, input/boosts welcome 

I'm thinking about putting together a post that introduces the reader to some basic socioeconomic and policing patterns in Minneapolis so that they better understand why we react as vehemently to police brutality as we do. This is aimed at fossbros who wander into spaces and want to be friendly, but don't realize how authoritarian/racist they're being and won't actually read anything if it seems like the author is angry.

They gotta be *super* babied, but if they are, they often respond very well once they realize that they actually don't know much about what's going on and that you're trying to help them understand. Sometimes, I have the energy for this process.

As police continue to get worse, moderates who are okay with police killing 'some' people but not 'many' people (🙄) may be more open to preventing police brutality. I think a little outreach could make them better allies, and it's work I'm willing to put some energy into. The alternative is people who like neither BLM nor cops, and BLM is so easy to like once you know where they're coming from that this situation seems silly.

Here's a list of topics that I'd like to cover, suggestions/input/boosts welcome. I chose these because I think they're the bare minimum of background needed for anti-racist discussions to make sense to someone who has never paid any attention before.
* What is crime?
* Statistical disparities in policing along racial lines
* Fear, dehumanization, and complicity (pyramid of white supremacy, why a civilian might not reflexively go meek and comply when they're threatened)
* Identity biases and mathematical complexity
* Capitalism and looting-as-protest, mutual aid, and impacts to business (Minneapolis specific)

If there's pre-existing resources folks have, I'd appreciate it. I'm particularly interested in help with the following, with a preference for Minneapolis-based data first:
* Stats on police violence relative to the level of offense, differences in sentencing similar crimes
* 'Crime' vs illegal actions/'white-collar crime'
* Info on rioting and political change (introduce them to the idea them that it can be a form of protest and not just random, unrelated lawlessness)
* Historic data on how racist Minneapolis is

I already have a draft to work from, so I'll be okay if you don't have the energy to help right now. I wanted to open this up for feedback in advance, though, because we make better stuff when we work together. 💙

Also, yeah, I know it's wild that someone who was alive last year doesn't already know all this stuff, but like, people change and this isn't about punishing folks for that.

Thanks, everyone! You're lovely and great! ✨

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