With just a modicum of good will and a bit'o'training at ye olde community college, Michael Brown would have made an outstanding village peace officer.
Will you not join our candle-light vigil tonight, as we sing Koom-By-Yah? ¡Sí, se puede!
Surely José Martín is writing from the perspective of life in the barrio where cops are hated and the vatos don’t need no stinkin’ badges. As latino culture displaces the old, tired American one this will be our new world.
We will stand with our homies in defending our turf by challenging outsiders with the traditional “where you from?!!” followed by a fusillade of bullets when they give the wrong answer. Much better than the outdated white people idea of a police force.