“Police abuse in black and brown communities is generations old. It is nothing new. It has become more visible to mainstream America largely because of the proliferation of personal recording devices, cellphone cameras, video recorders — they're everywhere. We need police officers. We also need them…”— Redditt Hudson, vox.comTagged: Police Brutality, Corruption, Black Lives Matter, racism, Technology
“Racism is woven into the fabric of our nation. At no time in our history has there been a national consensus that everyone should be equally valued in all areas of life.”— Redditt Hudson, vox.comTagged: racism, America, Slavery
“No matter what an officer has done to a black person, that officer can always cover himself in the running narrative of heroism, risk, and sacrifice that is available to a uniformed police officer by virtue of simply reporting for duty.”— Redditt Hudson, vox.comTagged: Police Brutality, Corruption, Black Lives Matter, racism
“On any given day, in any police department in the nation, 15 percent of officers will do the right thing no matter what is happening. Fifteen percent of officers will abuse their authority at every opportunity. The remaining 70 percent could go either way depending on whom they are working with.”— Redditt Hudson, vox.comTagged: Police Brutality, Corruption