I already knew, intellectually, that the National Guard had been deployed into the New York City subway system. I knew this wasn’t some secret federal takeover or a sudden declaration of martial law. I knew the legal explanations, the press releases, the careful language used to reassure the public. And yet, none of that preparedContinue reading “When Safety Starts to Look Like Force: War Comes to the Subway”
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Radical Empathy in a Time of Violence: Seeing Beyond the Badge and the System
The past week has been marked by unsettling headlines. In Dallas, Texas, an armed man fired on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, killing one detainee and wounding others before ending his own life. In New York City, an undercover NYPD officer was violently shoved onto the subway tracks, barely escaping with his life,Continue reading “Radical Empathy in a Time of Violence: Seeing Beyond the Badge and the System”