This image projects the concept of policing as benevolence. This is clearly ironic with the statistical data from the ACLU next to the images of the friendly police officers. The statistical data shows how much free reign police have in public schools in California.
The image of the police officer playing connect 4 with the young boy in touching. I want to relish in this captured moment in which male police officers and the boy (who is normally the subject of policing) have a moment of intimate connection. It is almost a representation of a father-son moment in which the police officer has the opportunity to have fun with a young boy, while also teaching him something about life.
I would blow up the image of the police officer playing Connect 4 so that this is the only image on the left side. It has such affective force that I think it should be the main focus point of the image. As the image is now, it is hard to find a focus point.
Two opposite phrases were most manifest in her caption: “friendly community engagement” and “extent of police powers.” While the left picture illustrates a bunch of police officers with a smile during their community engagement activities, the right image shows the real state of the power of LASPD that can possibly threaten the safety of the student body.
