TO THE EDITOR:
On Monday night, the Chapel Hill Town Council discussed the police raid on the former Yates Motor Company Building on Nov. 13, 2011.
Despite strong public support of an independent review process, the council did not ratify such a proposal. Instead, council members put the process in the hands of the community policing advisory committee. This body is directly tied to the council and the police department — the seats are appointed by the council, the board meets in the police building, and the board liaison is Chief Chris Blue.
My brother was one of the people detained on the sidewalk that day with a deadly assault rifle pointed at his brain. Our family business, Vimala’s Curryblossom Cafe, is about a block from the incident, and these kinds of actions by the town endanger the peaceful and just Chapel Hill we want to co-create with our neighbors.
We are asking for such a simple thing. It is time for a full apology and an independent investigation to bring the truths to light.
Manju Rajendran
Class of 2005
