2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Interrupting Bernie: Exposing the White Supremacy of the American Left" [View all]Police officers enforce the laws established by our government, which makes them agents of the government. When agents of our government single groups out for disparate treatment, they are by extension cloaking their actions in the mantle of the state.
Intimate partner violence is not state-sanctioned- it is one individual violating another. Fully armed riot cops in tanks may be just as lethal to one person as an abuser, but the difference in terms of scope of power and influence renders them logically incomparable. It's like comparing an alligator to Godzilla. Sure, they are both lizards. Both of em will kill you the individual quite dead. Only one of them is capable of decimating an entire population (yes yes, movie monsters aren't real, but hopefully you get the point).
Black people have already been treated like property by the state. Are you really so confused as to why blacks (or anyone else, for that matter) would resent it happening again in the form of systemic racism in law enforcement, for-profit prisons, the gerrymandering of minority districts and various other voter shenanigans that strip away the power of the black voice?
I'm not entirely sure why you felt the need to insult whites who call out white racism. The power system in the US was constructed around white interests and rights. It is STILL constructed around white interests and rights and lucky are those who are born white, male and straight. You yourself point out that women of color face disproportionate societal problems due to the intersection of racism and sexism... so clearly there is STILL a power gap between ethnic groups and whites have more power than blacks.
You're admitting there is a racism problem and then telling whites, the people with the most political power in the US (and the social group that directly benefits from racist policies and practices), that they are self-righteous for pointing it out in a way you don't like.