
Police state
February 21, 2017From the window high above Oakland, I saw helicopters hovering over the part of town where people gathered for the women’s march. Then, I noticed a small plane making a wide turn where the city met the estuary, and I watched it make a low, lazy circle, curving back toward where I stood, then looping back down and around.
Surveillance plane, I told my father after its third go-round.
What do you think they’re looking for? he asked.
Maybe they’re jamming cellphones, I replied. It’s just part of the deal now. We live in a police state.
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