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Hello Friend,

There has been a viral meme on social media for many years that sarcastically demands, “MORE FEMALE DRONE PILOTS!”  The ubiquitous joke gets at an important issue, and one that is explored this week in the Delaware Call.

Will the Wilmington Police Department’s drive to hire more female, Black and other candidates from under-represented communities do anything to assuage the violence and oppression the cops wreak on these same communities?  No, it will not.

Co-opting Black and Brown people into the ranks of the police department simply puts familiar faces on the armed agents who menace and sequester so many of our neighbors.  It does nothing to build community trust or address systemic problems.

Read Rae Krantz this week and tell us what you think.

Solidarity,

THE DELAWARE CALL TEAM