In Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine includes a long, continuous list of names of African Americans killed by the police, in addition to text that reads,” because white men can’t/police their imagination/black people are dying.” This provides commentary on the prevalence of police brutality in American society today, and how often unarmed African Americans are often the victims of this. Some believe body cameras and training people how to interact with the police will solve this problem, but it is the wild imagination of police officers who believed their “safety was at risk” or that “he/she/they had a gun.” The most dangerous place for an African American human being to live is the white man’s imagination because, historically, African Americans have been demonized and victimized. The stylistic choice of Rankine to leave the list unfinished is her way of warning readers and the rest of American society that until the root of the problem is dug out, this list of names will be ongoing. Unless prejudiced police officers can associate the image of African Americans with something other than danger or criminal activity, faultless people will continue to die.