The capitalist system uses racism to divide the working class

This civil rights crime against humanity should make Black Lives Matter groups reflect on the real role of the cops in capitalist society. Far more than being foolishly WHITE SUPREMACIST ( some cops are ) THE POLICE are invariably antagonists of organized labor ( well documented history of cop brutality in strikes of working people ) and of working class people in general. They routinely protect landlords not tenants in televised eviction dramas. One Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin explained the role of THE STATE and THE POLICE in his Marxist classic : " State and Revolution ". Recommended reading for BLACK LIVES MATTER. Don't expect any " Officer Friendly " to wear a VOTE SOCIALIST campaign button. The capitalist system uses RACISM to divide the working class. For more than 100 years the history of organized labor in CLASS STRUGGLE battles testifies to the truth of this - the reactionary role of THE POLICE and THE STATE in capitalist USA . Way back in 1965 Black Muslim leader Malcolm X made a connection between RACISM and capitalism, between RACISM and imperialism.