The Great Blackout exposed racialized policing priorities in Harlem

Evidence

Suddenly, at the corner of Lenox and 125th, a group of white people were being taunted and robbed. The police swung into action—saving white people is their second most important function after their most important function, saving white people’s property … Windows were getting smashed and commodities disappearing at an alarming rate. — J. Hoberman, Everything Is Now, 985

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s shelf reading on policing and race — the blackout reveals that cops prioritize white property over Black safety.