Thread by @RitikaGoelTO

Did you know the origins of police depts in the US was literally slave patrols to catch “runaway” enslaved Africans and in other jurisdictions, set up by white settlers to police Native Americans? How do we expect that would play out? plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/bri… #BlackLivesMatter

In Canada, the RCMP assisted with the “moving” of Indigenous people onto reserves and subsequently were the ones who removed children from their families to take to the Indian Residential School System. History matters. This is how racism is embedded. #IndigenousLivesMatter

And yes we had slavery in Canada. For hundreds of years actually. We enslaved both Black and Indigenous people. And apparently Trudeau would prefer we not draw attention to this by apologizing for it or considering reparations. google.ca/amp/s/www.theg… #BlackLivesMatter

We can never forget that police are the enforcement arm of the state. This means they are likely to be deployed against anyone the state considers a “problem”.

The original inhabitants of a land you’re trying to colonize. People you’re trying to keep enslaved. People who you’re trying to keep out of your borders (with precarious immigration status). People expressing dissent. Hence we now see the violence unleashed on protestors.