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Blackface and Orangepants

The Gambit is all hot and bothered about Jefferson Parish cops using wood cutouts of African-American caricatures for target practice. Hello, the targets are also painted as wearing orange correctional outfits. Why in humanity’s name are officers training to shoot at dark-skinned people in bright orange clothing unless they are being groomed to equate black with prisoners and consider both categories expendable?

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