LoginThe Metro: Former Detroit homicide detective reflects on policing and identity in new art exhibition
Khary Mason is a multidisciplinary artist from Detroit who has spent much of his life living in a state of cognitive dissonance.
For over 20 years, Mason worked as a member of the Detroit Police Department and eventually became a detective for the city’s homicide unit.
Looking back six years after leaving the department, he considers those training years a form of indoctrination and sees the work of “protecting and serving” communities as a means of controlling them.
He illustrates these reflections in his new exhibition “Friendly Fire: Scenes of Service, Searching for Safety.” It is on display now at Irwin House Detroit through March 15. Mason joined the program to discuss his journey into service and why he chose to get out.
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