A Police Officer Has Never Once Made Me Feel Any Safer

I wish it weren’t true.

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A homeless man was eating some fried chicken on my front steps one morning. He looked up and said hello.

I said hi.

I started walking toward my car. It wasn’t that unusual. I lived downtown. Someone was always stopping to sit on the steps to my apartment for a snack, or just to…