Peter van Agtmael From 'Buzzing at the Sill': Treasure's family at their home in Detroit. Shelley 'Treasure' Hilliard was murdered by a drug dealer after acting as a police informant following an arrest for marijuan (...)
a possession. The police convinced her to act as an informant on her dealer and after she set him up, the police arrested him. They allegedly leaked her name to him for unclear reasons and released him several hours later. Within hours, Treasure was dead. Her case is part of a rash of murders of police informants as law enforcement increasingly relies on their use to apprehend criminals without exercising due diligence to protect them from revenge killings. Detroit, MI, USA. 2012. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael Richard Spencer, American white nationalist, known for promoting white supremacist views and coining the term Alt-Right. Spencer advocates for a white homeland for a "dispossessed white race" and c (...)
alls for "peaceful ethnic cleansing." Shortly after the election of Donald Trump, Spencer faced criticism after the annual conference of his organization the National Policy Institute. As Spencer proclaimed “Hail Trump, hail our people, hail victory!” the crowd erupted into cheers and Nazi salutes. Clarendon, Virginia, USA. 2016. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos