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As news comes of out Kenosha that police & white vigilantes worked together to attack Black Lives Matter protesters, understand that white supremacists have used this tactic to undermine Black freedom since slavery. (thread)
White elites used ads & laws like the Fugitive Slave Act to transform all white Americans into slave catchers. White locals monitored Black behavior & detained anyone they deemed “suspicious.”