Thank you for the “Not in Our Town?” article (June 25). I read with interest Chief Hanley’s assessment that the “video of the incident, taken from the two police cars at the scene, shows no evidence of racism.” Let’s not let ourselves off the hook so easily. “No evidence of racism” on a video does not mean racism did not play a role. When Black people are seen by whites as threatening as they simply go about their lives, this is indeed evidence of racism — the racism we all imbibe simply from being social … (read more)
