What's disturbing to me is that there is still some element that feels that they can act out on that. Condemnation of the alleged racial attack on Williams was swift and widespread. Williams' fellow officers at the Brighton post were upset, said Detective Sgt. What really hurts a lot of us is that Art Williams had recently put in a transfer request to Detroit, and we had been trying to convince him to stay. He said he doesn't believe the incident was just a bar fight.
Art is such a nice guy.
I've spent a lot of time working with him, and he's a very passive, nonconfrontational type of individual. Williams, a Detroit resident and former Detroit Public Schools teacher, is married and has three children. He is an evidence technician at the post. He says he doesn't think the incident indicates pervasive racism. I think it's a couple of idiots.