Why do police keep seeing a person’s disability as a provocation?
On Aug. 11, Los Angeles police killed Ezell Ford, a 25-year-old who had allegedly resisted arrest, tackled an officer and reached for his gun. And last week, police shot a 25-year-old in Saint Louis, Mo. Kajieme Powell had approached them with a knife, refusing to back down after they had asked him to drop his weapon. Ford and Powell were black, so pundits have highlighted their similarities to Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old shot by a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo. But perhaps they have more in common with 26-year-old Ethan Saylor, a white man….Read More