Washington, D.C., September 23—Thirty angry protesters rallied against racist killer KKKops in front of the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS), demanding an end to qualified immunity (QI) for these bosses’ stooges in blue. SCOTUS has ruled that government officials are immune to prosecution from civil lawsuits with certain rare exceptions. QI shields cops and other government flunkies from even fake accountability in their frequent attacks on the working class. We said no more! We chanted loudly against these black-clad fascists, including “No good cops in a racist system!” and “No Justice, No Peace, No Racist Police!” While this fight is useful in helping teach workers about what role police play in class society, it is ultimately a reform that will do nothing to smash the state. With President Donald Trump ramping up fascist military and cop invasions in D.C., juxtaposed against declining U.S. hegemony here and across the world, much more work is needed.
That’s why Progressive Labor Party (PLP) members joined in this action, stressing the need for communist revolution against capitalism and its racist structures to bring liberation of our class from the violence of the ruling class.
Workers speak out against racist cops
Survivors of police murders of their sons and family came from near and far to protest. LaToya Benton, the mother of 18-year-old Xzavier Hill (murdered by state troopers in Virginia in 2021) led the protesters through the case, and the group marched around the building to file the complaint against QI, calling for “justice in this town.” LaToya has a hard-hitting podcast on “Life after the Impact” and can be found on Facebook.
Members of PLP joined with many of our friends who have been fighting for justice for years in Prince George’s County, Maryland (PG), including Dorothy Elliott (32 years) and Marion Hopkins (26 years). More recent PG cases involved the murders of Leonard Shand and William Green (CHALLENGE, 6/26/23 and 1/23/24). Tawanda Jones and several members of the West Wednesday Coalition in Baltimore (CHALLENGE 4/10/24) were there as well, amplifying their calls for justice for Tyrone West. Another grieving mother drove 6 ½ hours from Ohio to stand in front of the Supreme Court.
Building a multiracial party to smash the ruling class
Qualified Immunity – just another tool of the racist capitalists in their quest to terrorize the working class, deepen racist super-exploitation, and thereby maximize profits. All branches of government work for these rapacious capitalists with no accountability to the working class, leaving only the choice of mass revolution to overthrow their system as the solution to these atrocities. From these struggles, let us build a revolutionary party together.
