BROOKLYN, December 17—On two consecutive Saturdays, plainclothes thugs of the NYPD descended on the apartment of a strong Brooklyn mother who refused to take their assault. Her son is wanted by the NYPD. In the style of imperialist and fascist forces across history, terrorizing the immediate family of sought-after individuals is official policy.

The mother is a student in a college classroom where communist ideas set some of the tone of discussion. She called on new friends to help her mobilize a campaign to resist the racist harassment from the cops. Visits and meetings will be building into a campaign that draws in neighbors, family, fellow students, friends and PLP members. It’s become clear that the cops who invaded her apartment have a long history of racist assaults on the homes of many in the public housing developments of this Brooklyn neighborhood. These are not “rogue” cops. They are essential to the performing the function of policing in a segregated, capitalist society.

While legal tactics, including filing reports and potentially a lawsuit, are a part of the response mobilizing our base. Picket the precinct and building on initial door-to-door efforts in the apartment is central to our response. This case is a new front in the battle against racist cop terror because PLP is on the scene and organizing not in response to cop murder but in response to the racist assaults that form the “business as usual” of daily life no matter who the president or mayor may be.
This proud mother’s resistance to the racist assault on her home is an inspiration and an opportunity for many more to stand against the terror that shapes daily life for our class brothers and sisters here and around the world. Stay tuned.