The Enduring Effort to Instill Fear in Your Psyche

The current protests against police brutality are at a stalemate. It’s the notion of who the law commands to yield to whom. The police are a force. Unlike the military’s capacity to establish international raids, police assaults happen nationally. The authorities expect the members of the public to submit. Or else they will force you to comply with their command—the police answer to their chief, judge, mayor, or governor.