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[[File:George Floyd Protest, Columbus (May 30th) George Floyd Protest, Columbus (May 30th) IMG 2785 (49953566968).jpg|thumb|421x421px|Militarized police officers in the [[United States of America|United States]] during the [[George Floyd protests]]. ]]<br />
'''Police''' are organizations operated by the [[state]] whose primary purpose is to protect the ruling class and their continued rule, through the means of whatever violence on their part is “necessary”. They are either always armed, or occasionally (in a few countries) unarmed, but who can quickly become armed if need arises. They may have, on occasion, other auxiliary duties, such as traffic control, but by far their most important and central purpose is to protect the rule of one social class or another.<ref>Sam Mitrani (January 6 2015). [https://inthesetimes.com/article/police-and-poor-people "The Police Were Created to Control Working Class and Poor People, Not ‘Serve and Protect’"] ''In These Times.'' </ref> <br />
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Under [[capitalism]], this means that their primary and most essential task is to safeguard the rich, their property, and their exploitative system of capitalist class rule. Capitalist police also function as [[Strike action|strike-breakers]], evictors of the [[Homelessness|homeless]], and agents of [[Terrorism|state terrorism]].<ref>[https://redphoenixnews.com/2023/04/02/and-a-white-hood-on-every-corner/ "And a white hood on every corner"] (April 2 2023). ''The Red Phoenix.'' </ref><br />
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== By country ==<br />
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=== United States ===<br />
Police in the [[United States of America|United States]] are generally extremely [[Racism|racist]] with few exceptions. There have even been a very large number of murders of unarmed [[Black Americans]] in particular by racist white cops just in the past few years as of 2024. The exact number of racist killings perpetrated by police in the United States will likely always be unknown, and only now is a database being created to gather this data for just some of the police departments in the US.<ref>Erika Hayasaki (2015). [https://blueprint.ucla.edu/feature/police-racism-search-for-answers/ ''Police Racism: A Search for Answers''] ''UCLA Blueprint.''</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Military]]<br />
* [[Police abolition]] <br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Class struggle]]<br />
[[Category:Capitalism]]<br />
[[Category:Repression]]</div>Wisconcom