Thread by @equalityAlec

THREAD: This article is a prime example of the fraudulence of elite law school discourse and the dangers that elite people at elite institutions can pose to marginalized people when they whitewash history. (1)

https://twitter.com/YaleLJournal/status/1350178441425944576

The marketing of this article is trying to get you to think the evils of the DOJ are the b/c of Trump. We are told that we need a "cultural restoration." What does that mean? "Restore" what? Prior to Trump, DOJ was the largest force of racist human caging in world history. (2)

We are told that we must "insulate" DOJ from "political influence." What? Every fiber of DOJ history is about political influence. It was for political reasons that it targeted poor Black people for crack and ignored the crimes of bankers. Read history (3) yalelawjournal.org/forum/the-puni…

Interesting story: when I uncovered massive illegal debtors' prisons of Black people in 2014 and federal crimes committed by state court judges, DOJ wanted to meet with me. They acknowledged crimes by prosecutors and judges but declined to charge them for *political reasons* (4)

Take a look at this fact: (5)

https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1340723783007531009

DOJ led the rise of mass human caging and has separated millions of children from their parents with no evidence of any benefit, targeting Black and immigrant families. Read about just one of the pre-Trump DOJ catastrophes. (6) nytimes.com/2015/08/18/opi…

Elite lawyers want you to think there is something "apolitical" about mass incarceration: using guns and chains to (selectively) enforce drug laws, protect property rights, borders, enclosures, distributions of wealth, etc... That's propaganda. It's as political as it gets. (7)

Finally, as I've shown, the @YaleLJournal article/tweet is part of an effort to whitewash the horrific history of the DOJ and normalize a career at DOJ for a future generation of elite law students. (8)

https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1350495086065418240