Tag: policing

  • Impunity and Policing

    Impunity and Policing

    “My child is dead, and someone must pay.” There are no words that make so much sense to me as these. People say “I can’t imagine what it would be like”—but I can. I do. It’s bound up with my love for my daughters, my joy at their growth, and my hopes for their future.…

  • We Must Demand Professional Policing For All

    We Must Demand Professional Policing For All

    Consider the collective horror, shame, and disgust we philosophers have at the abusive behavior of our fellow philosophers: think of what it means to be compared to Colin McGinn or Thomas Pogge. Why isn’t there that kind of horror, shame, and disgust among police officers at the drumbeat of police shootings?