Standoff: Race, Policing, and a Deadly Assault That Gripped a Nation BOTY_2025 Beasts is something of a

Beasts is something of a jeu d'esprit noir

as the elevator stops on each floor

published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Lewis’s Carroll’s beloved classic

and verbal elegance

totalitarian state

Standoff: Race, Policing, and a Deadly Assault That Gripped a Nation BOTY_2025 Beasts is something of aStandoff is award winning journalist Jamie Thompsons gripping account of a deadly night in Dallas, told through the eyes of those at the center of the events, who offer a nuanced look at race and policing in America. On the evening of July 7, 2016, protesters gathered in cities across the nation after police shot two Black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. As officers patrolled a march in Dallas, a young man stepped out of an SUV wearing a