......state violence does not just mean use of force. State violence can be anything from civil forfeiture, to arresting someone for a minor crime and leaving their belongings on the side of the road, to harrassing someone with police presence.

State violence is putting thousands of dollars of fines on people for misdemeanors that they can't afford to pay, and then taking their shit in retaliation. State violence is *being present as a cop with a gun in a black community.*

state violence is the anxiety that an encounter with the police gives a young minority male.

8 million cannabis arrests in the last 10 years is state violence.