“HERE comes the rabble,” a woman said. She was joining hundreds of citizens filing into Albuquerque’s City Hall on April 7th to voice their frustration about a police force they think has lost its way. It was local politics at its rawest. Temporary pallbearers set down in front of the dais a coffin bearing the names of dozens of victims of police shootings. As the nine councillors listened grimly, speaker after speaker expressed their fear of a department that is meant to protect them, or their anger at police killings that seem to go unpunished. Some were well-known activists; others admitted it was their first visit to the chamber. It took over five hours for everyone to have their say.
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