Prometheus 6

This, the third in the series of three brutally honest articles on suburban policing around Philadelphia by the Inquirer, is the most hopeful of the set. 

Forging bonds
Coatesville has a long history of racial strife and high arrest rates for minor crimes. But the town has new leaders, and they are reaching out to develop new solutions.
By Mark Fazlollah and Keith Herbert

The article presents the current police chief, William H. Matthews, quite well. He's made changes, has messed up and apologized, and he's actually trying stuff, you know?

Not stuff like getting 10,000 guys to take responsibility for all of history, mind you...

In a real way, Coatesville is still troubled by a murder - one nearly a century old.

Ask any African American about race relations in Coatesville, and the conversation usually turns to Zachariah Walker, the last man lynched in Pennsylvania.