WHEN IT’S OKAY TO BLAME THE VICTIM: The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence: By ignoring illegitimate policing, America has also failed to address the danger this illegitimacy poses to those who must do the policing. Those announcing this principle may want to think long and hard about where it will lead if it takes hold. Because there’s a lot of illegitimate power being exercised out there, far beyond anything involving the police.