OPINION: Do not be intimidated by racists
Evan Koch
Why did the racial harassment of visiting NCAA college athletes cause such a local and national stir? Racism has always been here simmering under the surface, but we have ignored it until now.
An event like this forces us to pay attention.
For example, on Friday The Press reported that a man openly slurred a Post Falls Police Officer using racist epithets. The officer responded respectfully and then arrested the man for a separate unrelated offense.
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