There are Two Ways To Experience Police in America…

“There are fundamentally two ways you can experience the police in America:

as the people you call when there's a problem, the nice man in uniform who pats a toddler's head and has an easy smile for the old lady as she buys her coffee. For others, the police are the people who are called on them. They are the ominous knock on the door, the sudden flashlight in the face, the barked orders. Depending on who you are, the sight of an officer can produce either a warm sense of safety and contentment or a plummeting feeling of terror.”

― Christopher L. Hayes, A Colony in a Nation

We get it.

some of you experience cops with that warm sense of safety…

but you have to also be open to the idea that there could be another truth, that for a huge other portion of the population police mean terror, even death.

and it’s not as simple as claiming good guys like cops and bad guys don’t- or there are purely good or bad cops.

We all need to be educated. Especially law enforcement.

We all can be open to different experiences and perspectives.

We can all work towards justice.