The death of Daniel Prude following his suffocation while in the custody of Rochester police last March has made headlines across the country. A 1998 graduate of Brighton High School who is now living in Atlanta said the news hit her like a gut punch. Jen Willsea wrote an online letter titled, " How a white girl learned white supremacy in a liberal suburb of Rochester, New York. " "I wrote my letter as a love letter to white Rochesterians," Willsea said. "That was very purposeful because ending