A well-intentioned social media uproar after Sarah Everard’s murder shows the impossibility of mitigating misogyny. “I live…
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The Cop Who Told Me He Wished He’d Shot a Black Man
As a white cop told me he had regretted not shooting a Black man in the…
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I Was Told: Just Keep Your Mouth Shut
I’m half-Italian, half-Puerto Rican. My mom’s from Puerto Rico, my dad was from New Jersey. Both…
Continue ReadingPolice Are Trained to Fear
As a former cop, I know why so many carry out their work with an “us…
Continue ReadingThe NYPD Is Out of Control, Says New York Assemblywoman
I’m a Black woman. I am the mother of a teenage son. For decades, Black men…
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