Au contraire. They were in fact
good citizens relying of phony,
faked-up testimony from the
'arresting officer' who took notes
on his leg.
Herbert makes no mention of this.
Is it a racist case? Would
Coleman have been able to
pull this off if it were whites
involved? I guess the answer
to that question has to come
from whether you think
race is a factor in what
people are predisposed
to believe.
Lower class black communities also tolerate a higher level of drug activity in their communities than do middle class communities of any race. That is also a fact even if unpleasant.
What raises my eyebrows over this particular case is that the drug cases involved powdered coke versus crack which I find problematic.