Sociologist Michael Sierra-Arévalo spent 1,000 hours with police officers in the field. Ride-alongs, high speed chases, patrols. He says they’re taught to expect danger at every moment on the job. And that expectation is a major driver of police brutality.
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Michael Sierra-Arévalo, sociology professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Author of the 2016 paper “American Policing and the Danger Imperative.” (@michaelsierraa)
Daniel Hahn, Sacramento police chief. (@Chief_Hahn)
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