State violence
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State violence describes the use of governmental authority to cause deliberate harm and suffering to groups and individuals with the goal of implicitly or explicitly maintaining power; genocide, torture, war crimes, police brutality, and other forms of systemic oppression. - The Learning Network, adapted by Michelle Xie [1]
Simply put, state violence is violence approved or funded by the government, most often targeting marginalized groups. [2]
Examples of state violence
Over-policing and murders of marginalized groups |
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Overfunding and arming of police |
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Funding fossil fuel expansion during a climate crisis |
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- ↑ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HC35f2kDXc8cgLYWc9_oUZmINoTfP3_I
- ↑ https://everydayfeminism.com/2015/10/state-violence-black-women/
- ↑ https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/un-urges-canada-to-end-criminalization-of-land-defenders
- ↑ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/black-people-disproportionately-arrested-struck-shot-by-toronto-police-report-finds-1.5057971
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-canadian-cities-police-spending-ranges-from-one-10th-to-nearly-a/
- ↑ https://defundthepolice.org/disarmament-demilitarization/