Farmington police are investigating the origins of a threatening and racist card that was mailed last week to a Black, incoming member of the town's new Racial Equality Task Force.
The card arrived in the mailbox of community leader Jessica Harrison over the weekend and appears to be a faux, orange “hunting license” for Black Americans that repeatedly uses a racial slur.
Harrison reported the mail to police, who said Tuesday they have launched an investigation in tandem with postal inspectors to try to locate and charge the anonymous sender.
The incident prompted the Farmington Town Council to issue its support for Harrison and a sharp rebuke of the “malicious and disgusting display of racism” the card represents.