When State Terror Comes to Town

Judy Rohrer and I have a new op-ed out in RANGE: “When State Terror Comes to Town.”

We address both the national context of rising authoritarian power as well as the local context in Spokane, Washington. At a time of consolidation of executive power and far-right “states of emergency,” we address the arrests of local activists who tried to prevent an illegal ICE arrest, and our mayor’s unfortunate decision to issue a state of emergency to curtail the protest.