ABSTRACT
The Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, and gifted with second-sight in this American world, – a world which yields him no true self-consciousness, but only lets him see himself through the revelation of the other world. Within a span of just eight months, two 10-year-old Black boys were killed on separate occasions by New York City Police Department NYPD officers, inciting protests and violence throughout the city. On August 15, 1972 Ricky Bodden was killed on Staten Island by officers from the 120th Precinct and on April 28, 1973 Clifford Glover was killed in Queens by officers from the 103rd Precinct, the youngest reported individuals killed by New York police at the time. As with the killings author presented throughout this chapter, this is not the only one of its kind and illuminates systemic violence along the militarized U.S.–Mexico border.
