On Tuesday evening, I read the news and saw an image from my town of a 66-year-old woman with a bloodied and muddied face, who had been tackled while engaged in a peaceful protest. The video was shocking and I wrote something – something imperfect, but I think we can no longer wait for those perfect words to describe where we are, and how we got here.

Please check it out: “Peaceful Protests and the Messy Truth of the Militarized Police.“