America's Police Are A Stick Used By The Powerful

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Dennis Ryan

Wellsville, New York

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Wellsville, New York

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Sunday, June 7,2020

- written in memory of George Floyd (October 14,1973—May 25,2020)

The police are a stick
the powerful use to beat,
to brutalize, to oppress Americans,
our most common citizens.
Nothing is going to change that.
The powerful here don't care about justice.
They only care about maintaining power.

Dennis Ryan

Sunday, June 7, 2020

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Powerful persons in American society working behind the scenes use the police as a weapon to maintain the status quo in America.Systematic police violence in America is perpetuated by the powerful in combination with state legislators who pass laws to protect local police departments from investigation and prosecution for crimes committed against American citizens.

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