Matt Taibbi on American Policing

[Karl Frederick]

The following article, written by Matt Taibbi for "Rolling Stone" a month ago, seems even more relevant today. In western Sonoma County it may be easy, if you are white, to assume you are not affected by trends which affect people of less privileged races. I think it's long past time to take seriously John Donne's "No man is an island . . . "

"Nobody's willing to say it yet. But after Ferguson, and especially after the Eric Garner case that exploded in New York yesterday after yet another non-indictment following a minority death-in-custody, the police suddenly have a legitimacy problem in this country. "

Continued here: https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...imate-20141205