The Cold Geometry of a Suburban Checkout Counter and the Price of Silence
CHAPTER 1: THE GEOMETRY OF OVERREACH The cold metal nose of an overfilled shopping cart slammed into the rubber bumper of Lane 4, pinning Clara Bennett’s hip against the scanner counter with the precise, deliberate weight of a barricade. Clara didn’t flinch. Fourteen hours in triage had left her heels numb and her neck stiff,…