Jada, who also organizes First Friday performances at the Blueford Center, performed a beautiful spoken word piece, to open the meeting.
Lilly talked about the origination of U.S. policing as antebellum slave patrols, used to catch runaway enslaved African people. He pointed out that whether or not an individual officer may have some good intentions, the role of police under capitalism is to protect the property and the interests of the 1% or the ruling class. He detailed how the school-to-prison pipeline, supported by the police, feeds the coffers of the prison-industrial complex.
Lilly is also a contributing writer for Workers World newspaper, as well as being published at truth-out.org and counterpunch.org. He is currently working on publishing a book of his original poems. You can follow him on twitter @LamontLilly.
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