Editor's Notes: The Heavily Armed Forces of the Federal Jim Crow

Our party system was radically different in 1965 than the one we have had in the 21st century.

It has been five days since I wrote about the murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and the machinery of violence that led to that outcome. In that time, ICE has murdered two more innocent people.

Back in October, the political scientist Don Moynihan summarized the Trump administration strategy as “Purge, Merge, and Surge.” The truth is that DHS did not particularly need the first step. It was already an “omniforce” ready and willing to do whatever Trump and his people wanted it to do. It has only grown larger over the course of the past 18 months.

I think a lot about Jim Crow these days. In particular, how it was defeated. It had moments a lot like the murders of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, where a huge cross section of the country paid attention and was outraged by what they saw. But those moments were often consolidated into tangible gains. What was different this time?…

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