Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"But for most Americans, the police -- and the criminal-justice system -- are figures of authority. The badge does not merely represent rule via lethal force, but rule through consent and legitimacy rooted in nobility. This is why whenever a liberal politician offers even the mildest criticism of the police, they must add that "the majority of officers are good, noble people." Taken at face value this is not much of a defense -- like a restaurant claiming that on most nights, there really are no rats in the dining room. But interpreted less literally the line is not meant to defend police officers, but to communicate the message that the speaker is not questioning police authority, which is to say the authority of our justice system, which is to say -- in a democracy -- the authority of the people themselves." -- Ta-Nehisi Coates, 2015-04-15