It's the same cop from before (they got the call to disperse the crowd). But suddenly he's grabbing the guy's drum and swinging it at people, screaming, swearing, puffing up his chest as everyone runs. I'm watching dumb founded and we make eye contact... And he smiles.
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And there are so many smarter writers out there covering the institutional reality of how the profession is broken. And how it HAS been broken for so fucking. To the point that it's almost defined by it's brokenness. We all know this. But so many white people rarely face it.
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So from the outside, we just have to understand that reality because we are forced into a relationship with that brokenness. Police officers ask me if I don't trust them because they're a cop and I say I don't trust the profession.
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Because it's as impossible, one-sided civic relationship as there is. And until we wrestle with the dark heart of that reality, we can't buy the viral fluffy P.R. that seems like "a ray of hope." Ultimately, it's just anecdotal charm, a literal way of dancing around the subject.
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And the guy who gives you a high five will later hurt you just because it's fun. And because he's allowed to. And for a million other reasons. And if you're not white, it's probably going to be much much much much worse. [end]
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