December 31, 2008 2 am, Robbie Tolan and his cousin, Anthony Coooper, were returning home when they were stopped and threatened with a gun on their driveway. The police, who they claimed did not identify himself, was carrying a flashlight and a gun directed in their direction.
"We did not kno it was a police officer," said Cooper. "He said, 'Stop. Stop.' And we were like, 'Why? Who are you?'"
The police officer then ordered them to lie down. Momments later, Tolan's parents came outside wondering what the noise was about. Unfortunately, the mother was involved as "the cop wpushed her against the wall," said Tolan's uncle. Wondering what the officer was doing, Tolan looked up from the ground and asked the offier until he was shot in the chest. Later when the officer was questioned, he claimed he believed that the car Tolan and Cooper were driving was a stolen SUV. Although it was eventually found that it was not in fact stolen. "There's no doubt in my mind that if these had been white kids this does not happen," said David Berg, Tolan's attorney. The police officer was a 10-year veteran of the police force that had a good record.
There is clearly some racism inherent in the global society. To erase and solve the mere existence of prejudice is impossible for there is no such thing as a flawless society. The incident of Robbie Tolan proves this as the white police officer, clearly did not appreciate the black family. Yet there is a way to prevent it. The society has already made a law that all are equal and any actions towards a race is illegal, yet there should be a higher punishment for those who act malevolently against a certain race.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/01/08/baseballer.shot/index.html
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