Unfortunately, this story only got the attention it did because Bobby Tolan was a well-known former baseball player/coach, and his son was considered a promising prospect.
Otherwise, reports of racial profiling and excessive police force are common enough that they don't engender much outrage on their own any more. That's not good for a couple reasons. First, well, someone needs to be watching over the watchmen. Second, someone needs to be watching *out* for them as well, and exposing the times that cries of excessive force and/or racial profiling (or any other kind of police misconduct) are nothing more than an attempt to free a guilty client (see also: SIMPSON, ORENTHAL JAMES).
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Otherwise, reports of racial profiling and excessive police force are common enough that they don't engender much outrage on their own any more. That's not good for a couple reasons. First, well, someone needs to be watching over the watchmen. Second, someone needs to be watching *out* for them as well, and exposing the times that cries of excessive force and/or racial profiling (or any other kind of police misconduct) are nothing more than an attempt to free a guilty client (see also: SIMPSON, ORENTHAL JAMES).