Thank you, J. Stokes. I’m relieved she’s not here to be re-traumatized. I hope she ghost-slaps some sense into him.

Sidebar — it’s eye-opening to write a piece about your own naïveté and see it total out to more than 2,000 words. I just checked. And that piece is technically just part one as I later realized another privilege — https://medium.com/@heathermedwards/the-privilege-of-not-fearing-the-police-ff171c84e2c.

And I’m still reading your piece on Liam Neeson! Will clap after I finish too :)