On Canvas, Authority Unleashed: Caravaggio’s Taking of Christ
5 min readFeb 21, 2021
In 2002, I spent a night in jail after getting swept up in a raid on a tiny Mexican cantina. It was not the first or last time I was locked up. It was not the first or last time I was handcuffed and taken away for no good reason.
The operation was spearheaded by some 40 riot police with shields, ski masks, and machine guns. Cops outnumbered patrons…