"Above all, the safety and security of our customers is the most important thing for us." How many times have you heard any airline say this? Or perhaps any police force bravely claim that they will take any means as long as people are "safe." The word safe extends to a different connotation when police officers take unfair measures in order to secure what they believe is safety. It is no surprise that the police officers have been severely criticized lately for the murder of innocent, unarmed civilians. Eric Garner, for example was choked to death by a police officer after he argued with them that he was not at fault for selling untaxed cigarettes. At that point, was Garner's presence a threat that putting him in a chokehold would ensure safety? Many officers claim that they value safety above all; but do they really? This world would be simple, not to mention very homogeneous, if we got rid of everyone and everything that these higher forces claim and interpret to threaten were gone and executed. Real safety or inauthentic safety?
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