When I called the cops on a Black man (Issue #22)

And a single sentence I'll never forget.

Chris Musei-Sequeira

Aug 9, 2025

This photograph shows four raised arms with hands in fists, in the foreground. In the lower right is the top of a person's head, wearing a black hoodie. In the upper left is a yellow sign; more yellow signs can be seen in the mid-ground. In the background is a light-colored building and a cloudless blue sky.

I called the cops on a Black man once. It was 12 years ago, and I still regret it.

Spoiler alert: nothing happened to him... as far as I'm aware. But I learned something about myself and about my own internalized racism that day. Short story, so here goes:

When I called the cops on a Black man (Issue #22)

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