Feel free to cut through that dark alley on your way home. Or maybe just don't go home.
Erika Eichelberger is a senior editorial fellow at Mother Jones where she writes regularly for the website. She is also director of social media for TomDispatch. She has written for the Nation , the Brooklyn Rail , and Alternet.
[Note to readers: The names of the three victims portrayed in this piece have been changed.]
Follow TomDispatch on Twitter and join us on Facebook or Tumblr. Check out the newest Dispatch book, Nick Turse's The Changing Face of Empire: Special Ops, Drones, Proxy Fighters, Secret Bases, and Cyberwarfare.
Copyright 2013 Erika Eichelberger
(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
