Rooftop reading response

One of the main themes in this book is racism. Clay feels a lot of hatred for the white cops who killed his cousin. they thought that his cousin was holding a gun when he was really holding a wallet. This just shows how easily the cops were to judge clays cousin because he was black. Everyone in the projects is mad at this too beacause they always knew the cops and even the mayor were racist. Even some of the black cops were mad about this. in this book there is another character I think is very important. His name is officer Henry. He is a big mentor for clay and his cousin. They feel as if he is babying them but he is really looking out for them because he doesnt want them to foll his footsteps as a child. Officer Henry must have been really mad because he always watched out for Addison, Clays cousin. They all must fell very hurt for addison dying because of something that he didnt do.