U.S. POWER ELITES USE POLICE TO SUPPRESS DIVERGENT VIEWS

The US government frequently accuses other governments—especially those that do not obey it—of using state-sanctioned violence to suppress divergent views. You would think the United States does not do what it condemns. However, as history has shown, the US might be suffering a case of 'projection,' as the late Black psychologist Amos Wilson has said. 

At a 8 May rally in Washington DC, US Congressperson Cori Bush accused the United States of hypocrisy. The Missouri congresswoman has a history in community organising and was involved in the 2014 Black-led Ferguson uprising that authorities suppressed with military equipment. She pointed out the US government also has used heavy-handed tactics against students who have been demanding an end to Washington's military and financial support of Israel's military onslaught against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.