Read the excerpt from We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson. Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over
to the police ...," he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy." Experience had taught Wash that "the police
was vicious murderers." He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—as Arnetta discovered
the next day.
What does the author's use of Wash's quotes help readers understand?