COMMENT | Unfortunately, we live in a reality in which police violence isn’t shocking anymore.

Videos of the abuse faced by Wan Muhammad Daniel, a recent victim of police violence, show what many already fear: unchecked force, brutality, and the pain of those with no power to defend themselves.

When the police themselves declare someone innocent, yet proceed to violently subdue them, and then try to hide it - we have to ask: what institution is really protecting us?

We’ve been pushed to the extreme. First, the news cycles blur past the story of three men shot dead, with families and recordings contradicting the official narrative that they were an imminent threat.

Weeks later...