In Iran: The power of the poet

Dear Reader,

I awoke this morning to dreadful news on two fronts: One, the city of Spokane contends that the death of a schizophrenic man hog-tied by police — a well known local who was holding only a plastic pop bottle at the time, and whose last words were, "All I wanted was a Snickers" — the death of Otto Zehm was his fault. As a result, I'm going to join a protest next week in front of City Hall demanding police accountability in this city where cameras watch us from nearly every street...