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I see a racist toxicity in the policing practices of the LASPD and the attempted masking of this toxicity. However, I would appreciate the author building their own conception of toxicity.

I see the image’s subject as the mismatch in the LASPD’s presentation of themselves as a benevolent force among predominantly black and brown children and the statistical documentation of the LASPD’s racist policing.

This image is ethnographic in the sense that it is grounded in a community. I would add more image description to the design statement for the sake of ‘thick description.’ This would also make the image more accessible to those who cannot see the details well enough to grasp the overall picture. 

“Savior rhetoric" 

The image feels too familiar. In disability studies we see too often the ways people with disabilities are positioned as naive children in need of guardianship. That comes across in the LASPD Facebook image. And it is a shocking contrast with the statistical information provided next to it. 

The image is a powerful representation in the irony of LASPD’s rhetoric and LASPD’s involvement. However, it has a lot of information. I would suggest narrowing the statistical representation on the right side of the image so that you only feature the “LASPD POPULATION VS LASPD INVOLVEMENT Bar Graph"  

Juxtaposition  

Black student bodies in the LA Unified School district are at stake. Although the Black student population is the smallest among the total student population, the number of Black student arrests constitutes the highest rate compared to the other racial groups such as White or Latinx.