Why are we so hell-bent on protecting the egos of the police, when we should be more worried about ensuring that the police stop shooting us for mere violations of masculinity that masquerade as “respecting authority”?
The Absurd Nature of Policing in America
Daniel Johnson
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A wonderful piece overall, but this is probably the most salient point made about this endless wave of police violence.
Protecting this perverse, malformed definition of masculinity at the expense of black and brown bodies is so undeniably evil that it borders on being cartoonish.