Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"For those relegated to nonbeing and condemned to invisibility, to even appear is a violent act - because it is violent to the structures of the world and because it will inevitably be treated as such" -- George Ciccariello-Maher ( Wikipedia), Decolonizing Dialectics (2017, Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-82237-370-4. OCLC 940521740)

[The original context of this passage is Blackness in America. I think the statement has broader applicability, but given how policing continues to operate, that context seems important to preserve.]