Why wouldn't they be? Because they don't shoot people on the streets themselves? Politicians and capitalists don't either. Yet first pass stupid laws that make it possible, all on behalf of the second, and much more.
Yes, what they do might not be as visually striking as a cold blooded execution in the middle of the street, but they are irreplaceable part of the oppressive system. Same goes for any kind of police bureaucrats. More directly, every time minority person sentenced to a decade of literal slavery for forgetting to pay for a bag of chips, here is a detective behind it.
Why wouldn't they be? Because they don't shoot people on the streets themselves? Politicians and capitalists don't either. Yet first pass stupid laws that make it possible, all on behalf of the second, and much more.
Yes, what they do might not be as visually striking as a cold blooded execution in the middle of the street, but they are irreplaceable part of the oppressive system. Same goes for any kind of police bureaucrats. More directly, every time minority person sentenced to a decade of literal slavery for forgetting to pay for a bag of chips, here is a detective behind it.