Robert C. Koehler: Rethinking public safety: Trust vs. force
“Guns aren’t just a danger in and of themselves,” writes Noah Berlatsky at Quartz. “They enable a policing philosophy built on violence and forced compliance, rather than one founded on respect, trust and consent. That philosophy affects every police interaction, even those that don’t involve actual shooting.”
Examples of this, of course, are everywhere. A recent one is the arrest of Tye Anders in Midland, Texas on May 16.
Anders, 21 and . . . what a surprise! . . . black, may have run a stop sign, though even that is contested. Police flagged him down. Fearing an encounter in complete isolation,
