"There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." – Bill Adama

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I don't know why exactly this popped into my head...

The Detroit Riots

When I say that most people think of the classic 1967 Detroit Riot and people in Windsor Ontario could watch across the river as the tanks rolled in. But history is so quick to forget.

White American men were enlisted, dispatched, and traumatically thinned out in World War II while on the home front women and Black folks stepped into the factory vacuums. In 1943 was the first Detroit Riot of mostly Black folks against the factory corporations and their poor treatment and exploitation.

Good news! Since last I checked years ago, the Wikipedia corporate propaganda article has been expanded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943_Detroit_race_riot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Detroit_riot

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_riots Who knew there were so many?