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Finally the shows Cops and Live PD have been canceled. For too long, these shows have been instrumental in perpetuating dangerous stereotypes against the black and brown communities. Cops and Live PD are modern-day renditions of The Birth Of A Nation, and Donald Trump is today's Woodrow Wilson. Or better yet, these programs are like new-age minstrel shows, and since visual mediums are most impressing upon the human psyche, shows like these have played a significant role in fortifying the racist ideology that permeates legislation and results in mass incarceration, police brutality, and the over-policing of black communities.Sometimes I'm dumbfounded by the question: why would you run if you're innocent? (laughs) My response is simple. We run because we're free. The badge and the gun give police a license to kill us. We know that there's two kinds of justice in America: one for blacks and one for whites. So the badge and gun are a symbol of safety and protection for the rich; it's a symbol of death and destruc