The car is followed at a discreet distance until the level of danger is reduced to a minimum, at which point the driver is apprehended.
We are also told that in any escalating argument we should always call law enforcement — not to break up a fight, but because officers are trained to de-escalate the situation.
The killing of Renée Good, a white woman, by ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) appears to have followed neither course.
A mile away, in 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed by a police officer.
There may be no direct link between the two incidents but there is a common theme: the militarisation of law enforcement, tinged with the growing belief that might is right.
But what of the dog that did not bark?
For years before Trump, Canadian news headlines were peppered with reports of chaos caused by millions of migrants allegedly entering the United States illegally; vociferous denunciations of government by locals living on the border, with unending demands to halt the flow. The torrent has subsided to a trickle. The dog is silenced.
But at what price?
