Since the fatal shooting of Denver Crips co-founder Michael Asberry, Denver's corporate media has been thrilled to sell news announcing that a new wave of gang violence is sweeping our city. What the media fails to report is the consistent harassment people on Denver's East and West Side face from the most violent gang in town--the Denver Police Department. The media fails to discuss the city's failing education system, the pressures of racist employment practices, and the predatory recruitment of youth of color into the even larger gang--the U.S. military. While Asberry's death and any escalation of gang violence is tragic, these issues must not dwarf the enormous problems of structural racism, the gang violence inflicted by state and corporate power that protects white privilege and capitalist rule. My condolences to Asberry's family and friends. My encouragement to all who wish to organize against the most brutal gangs in global history--the United States Government, capitalists, and imperialists--perpetrators of genocide, mass imprisonment, torture, and slavery. Peace to the streets of Denver, to the gangs, and the community. The fight against the state and capitalism needs our attention, our organization, and perhaps our lives.
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