Beyond Cop Cities Photography and suddenly Val’s dreams of

and suddenly Val’s dreams of a new life are crushed under the weight of the only thing that matters: survival

is a memoir of a kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate parallel pop culture universes (like watching Fresh Prince alongside John Hughes movies or listening to Ja Rule and Dave Matthews) to a lifetime of birthday disappointment (being a Christmas-season Capricorn will do that to you) and hoop dreams gone bad

” as she calls it

and pursues a truer

Beyond Cop Cities Photography and suddenly Val’s dreams ofSince 1997, the US Department of Defense has transferred more than $7. 2bn in military equipment to law enforcement agencies. Furthermore, the DOD is legally required to make various items of equipment available to local police and school police departments, from flashlights and sandbags, to grenade launchers and armored vehicles. This militarisation has, unsurprisingly, been shown to unjustly impact on Black communities and is associated with