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The Lie Is the Point: Who Gets to Be an American When State Violence Is Justified
Every time a Black person is killed, the lie arrives faster than the facts.
He had a gun. He was high. She was threatening.
In this alternative episode of When Killers Get Caught, Brittany Ransom steps away from a traditional case to examine a pattern that stretches from Emmett Till to the present day and why the phrase “they’re killing Americans now” is landing as confirmation, not concern, for Black Americans and other marginalized communities.
This episode explores how state violence has historically been justified through dehumanization, fear, and selective citizenship. From Indigenous…
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