The Art of Running from the Police
June 10, 2015 6:53 AM Subscribe
A young man concerned that the police will take him into custody comes to see danger and risk in the mundane doings of everyday life. To survive outside prison, he learns to hesitate when others walk casually forward, to see what others fail to notice, to fear what others trust or take for granted.
[A] chapter excerpted from On the Run, by sociologist Alice Goffman [who] spent six years living in a neighborhood in Philadelphia. In her groundbreaking book, she explains how the young black men in her neighborhood are ensnared in a Kafkaesque legal system which makes running from the police their only option, and how these men have made running into an art.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Oops, looks like this has been covered here previously, with more Alice Goffman recently. -- taz
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