Slim Smith
Comedian Ron White used to tell the story about the time when he was drunk and belligerent at a New York City bar and was told he would be “escorted” out of the establishment if he didn’t leave voluntarily.
“I don’t know how many people it would have taken to throw me out, but I do know how many they used,” he drawled.
It’s a funny anecdote, but the use of force is no laughing matter today, especially when it involves police interaction with Black men. The list of such encounters that have gone tragically, even criminally, wrong is far too long and depressing to share in this space.