Keon Gilbert Comments

摘要

Police-involved shootings challenge our thinking about the intersections of race, gender, class, and place, which are embedded in everyday practices and policies governing law enforcement. The Mapping Police Violence (MPV) Web site estimated that 1164 people in the United States were killed by police in 2018. Howard Rodenberg’s essay (p. 456) reflects a collective cognitive dissonance that comes with new reports of officer-involved shootings that structure four socially accepted views: (1) police are good and serve our communities to ensure safety; (2) police have dangerous and stressful jobs; (3) training, ethics, and values guide police behaviors; and (4) if you are arrested, hurt, or killed by police—these “justify” use of force.