By Glen Ford

There is no possibility for even a semblance of justice for Black people until they control the police in their communities. Not oversight, but control: the power to "discipline, direct, and hire and fire the police in their community." It is a self-determinationist necessity. If Black people fail to define for themselves the functions and obligations of policing in Black communities, then others will continue to do it for us.

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