Talonbooks, paperback
Publication Date: October 8, 2024
Publisher Marketing: cop city swagger takes an etymological and theoretical dive into the words "safety" and "care," questioning whose "safety" matters in the City of Vancouver. Spanning from 2019, near the beginning of the pandemic and the corresponding rise of anti-Asian hate crimes in the city, to 2023, the centennial year of the Chinese Exclusion Act, cop city swagger conducts an inquiry into Vancouver's first Chinese Canadian mayor - the first Vancouver mayor to be publicly endorsed by the Vancouver Police Union - who promised to address "safety" by increasing the number of police officers on the streets.
