The frightening practices of the police are nothing new - though the media do their best to feign shock and dismay - but they also show us how effective our movements are becoming.
Of course, anyone serious enough about discussing the consequences of such police incompetence could easily point out the extreme damage it causes to the communities they affect, often exacerbating the very dangers allegedly been combated.
But again, this is too obvious a point for serious commentators to linger on.
Over the decades, Bob Dylan has been many things to many people. Today, argues Hicham Yezza, Dylan remains a maze of mazes, a glorious shrine to the wonders of the modern human soul.
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