
43+ Police Brutality Quotes In Between The World And Me. As coates says, ''the destroyers are merely men enforcing the whims of our country, correctly interpreting. 'good intention' is a hall pass through history, a sleeping pill that ensures the dream. In the past, slavery was the means of oppression, and today, violence is most present in police brutality and mass incarceration. And knowing this, knowing that the dream persists by warring with the known world, i was sad for the host, i was sad for all those families, i was sad for my country but above all, in that moment, i was sad for you. The problem with the police is not that they are fascist pigs but that our country is ruled by majoritarian pigs.". Between the world and me, which is, you know, effectively an extended essay told in a letter form to my son, is the notion of fear, because i think like when. Some time ago i rejected magic in all its forms. 'if someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again. "between the world and me" is a message to coates' son, a teenager in today's world. Violence is present throughout between the world and me.