EditorialSince the beginnings of Batman, pop culture has embraced the figure who lives on the boundary between law and lawlessness. (Taylor Callery/The New York Times)
EditorialSince the beginnings of Batman, pop culture has embraced the figure who lives on the boundary between law and lawlessness. (Taylor Callery/The New York Times)
EditorialNew York Mayor Eric Adams shows a photo he keeps in his wallet, in New York, Jan. 31, 2022, of his friend Robert Venable, a New York police officer who died in a shootout in 1987. (An Rong Xu/The New York Times)
EditorialSouth African military keep watch near looted stores in Alexandra Township, north of Johannesburg, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)
EditorialDeployed South African soldiers and police officers in Vosloorus, east of Johannesburg in South Africa on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (Joao Silva/The New York Times)
EditorialSupporters of President Donald Trump who swarmed the U.S. Capitol confront Capitol Police officers in the building, in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialJoe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, arrives with pizza during a visit to Firefighters Local No. 1 while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (Amr Alfiky/The New York Times)