Arm Yourself or Harm Yourself: Is Being Armed Violence—or Self-Defense? Dr. Alli Muhammad MD breaks down one of the most distorted and dangerous contradictions of our time: Why are Black people criminalized for being armed, while the state, police, and military are armed by default? This broadcast exposes how self-defense is labeled criminal when practiced by Black people, civilians, targeted people and marginalized communities—but labeled law and order when practiced by the government.