Being a former tennis star while black.........

[marmar]

(BBC) New York City police officers have mistakenly detained a former professional tennis player as he waited for a car to take him to the US Open.

James Blake told the New York Daily News that a group of five plainclothes officers slammed him to the ground and held him for 15 minutes on Wednesday.

The police said in a statement that the officers mistakenly believed he was a suspect in a theft case.

Once it was determined that Mr Blake was not the suspect, he was released.

Mr Blake, 35, said he suffered a cut on his arm and bruises on his legs. He said the officers did not speak to him before they pushed him to the ground.

"You'd think they could say: 'Hey, we want to talk to you. We are looking in to something'," Mr Blake told the Daily News. .....................(more)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34205643

[joeybee12]

1. They want to apologize to him...

Why don't they apologize to the several hundred (thousands) of others they've done this to over the years who aren't famous and won't get media attention for it.