Got to disagree here. I thought the primary function of Saunder’s piece was to humanize, to put a few faces and stories to the blobs we assign as “Other”. It was an important reminder that no matter where you fall—right, left, cop, protester, Trump, anti-Trump—there are always people on the other side with their own…

If you read Sanders piece you’d realize that someone making this point like you are is the reason we are caught in this situation. The line of the piece that stands out in that respect:

White men reporting on these events - bad.