In Pepper Pike, Ohio, a football player was going door to door selling football cards when he had the police called on him because some neighbors thought he was a burgular with a gun in his hand, when in reality he was only holding a phone and cards. He was stopped by the cops and had guns drawn on him, but he was later let go.
In Solon, a 17 year old and is 13 year old sister were stopped by the cops because he fit the desciption of a robbery suspect and they were running when spotted by police. The kids were later released.
In both instances the children were black. Both mothers felt that their children were only stopped because they were black, this could be true but at the same time the situtations were both ones were the kids could have looked supspitious, but would it have been the same if they were white????
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