It’s so funny when people are like “sure you’re an abolitionist now but wait until you’re the victim of a property crime.” Buddy, the most useful thing the police have ever done for property crime is put the form you need to submit to your insurance online.

My car was stolen in Providence and the first thing the police said was “Well, it’s a bad neighborhood.” They were referring to the projects and assumed I was a college student who’d made a mistake trying to find somewhere cheap to live. They didn’t apologize when I said I was from the neighborhood.