jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘The man in the yellow hoodie, a witness later told the Capitol Hill Seattle blog, came onto the street to calm down after an argument: The speaker in his hand was for listening to music; the “gunshot” sound that prompted the call to 911 was reportedly the sound of him slapping a stop sign. But like any police encounter of the present moment, its contours were sharpened and shaped by the history within which it unfolded.’
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/magazine/police-black-men-bystanders.html