Opal Tometi Quotes
What we are oftentimes reminding people of is the fact that the history of police in the U.S. was that they were slave patrols. They were quite literally created in order to capture enslaved Africans.
Opal Tometi
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I'm still as enamored and turned on by work as I was when I was young.
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What we are oftentimes reminding people of is the fact that the history of police in the U.S. was that they were slave patrols. They were quite literally created in order to capture enslaved Africans.
Opal Tometi
