Why can’t I punch a cop? Because by the time a cop gets in punchable range it’s already too late. As a Black man in this country, I am prey, and the cops are my predators. My country and the courts have authorized these people to hunt me. My country and the courts refuse to place restraints on them to make them less likely to murder me. My country and the courts have left me in a Hobbesian state of nature, but in this jungle the police are far more powerful and terrifying than I will ever be.
