Readers sound off on NYPD procedure, communism critiques and vasectomies

Police aren’t the right response for all calls Manhattan: I’m standing with three other women on the northeast corner of 84th St. and Third Ave. next to the Janovic paint store. Four New York policemen — one white, one Latino and two Asians — have surrounded an elderly woman of color they claim is mentally ill. The white policeman, twice her size, is handcuffing her like she’s a criminal and not simply someone who needs help. I’ve seen her often, always dressed in white, calmly sitting on a bench next...