Last week I traveled to Washington DC with thousands of other women to participate in this mass action against the Trump administration's horrific immigration policies – I'll write more about that incredible experience later! I learned a lot in the 2 days that I spent in D.C., but there was one stand out moment that I want to write about today. On Thursday night, about 6 hours after I was removed from the Hart Senate Building, I encountered the DC Metro Police investigating an apparent robbery. What transpired highlighted the stark differences between the ways that white women, like me, and folks of color, specifically Black boys and men, experience the Police.
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