A Blast from the Past Courtesy of U-M Carceral State Project

I learned a new word 'Carceral' which is related to high rates of incarceration, the prison industrial complex, police or prosecutorial malfeasance, and the misguided and failed war on drugs. Here's a bit of Detroit history that I remember like it was yesterday.

New Bethel Incident, Detroit 1969 [[arcgis.com)

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Originally Posted by Henry Whalley

Here's a bit of Detroit history that I remember like it was yesterday.

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Seems like it was only yesterday that black separatists were trying to create their own ethnostate in our country through violence.

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Originally Posted by Zozo

...to create their own ethnostate in our country through violence.

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The Republic of New Afrika [RNA], founded in 1968 in Detroit, still exists.

When last was the RNA violent? The record states that the DPD [and possibly the FBI] started the shooting at New Bethel in 1969 after a peaceful meeting marking the first anniversary of RNAs founding.