Vigilantes and law enforcement groups have long worked together to create and protect the racial order in the United States.
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Andrew Lee is a writer and organizer plotting a better world in Philadelphia. His work has previously appeared in Notes From Below, Perspectives on Anarchist Theory, Plan A Magazine, ROAR Magazine, and Teen Vogue.
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