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In recent years, more and more people are shedding that naïve view. The vast majority of Black people never held it—they’ve been trying to tell us for years. Still, too many people still believe we’re the exceptional exception to the rule.

We’re not. We should be just as skeptical about the police as people living under autocracy. And while I don’t endorse espionage on behalf of a foreign nation, it’s probably a good idea to regard cops the way spies do.