07.12.16
Ehrenreich-ism for the day
“What is it that American police officers lack? Racial tolerance, common sense, empathy? Well, all of those things, plus something else: A sacrificial sense of duty that can override self-preservation. Their first thought on encountering a person with a gun, toy gun or cellphone should not be ‘how am I going to protect myself?’ but ‘how am I going to handle/defuse this situation with minimal harm to everyone?’ We do not send firefighters into burning buildings to see whether they can get out alive.” — Barbara Ehrenreich, 07/11/16, FB