Golly, I wonder who the other six people were whose arrests were barely worth mentioning. I wonder where they lived, what their occupations were and, most of all, what color they were. Let's just make a wild guess. There must be some reason why nobody cares who they were or how long they were held in jail without being allowed to make a phone call. In a way, this is a classic illustration of what constitutes news.
News is something out of the ordinary.
It is front page news when a Thiensville investment broker or a Mequon engineer or a salesman from Fox Point is arrested and treated badly. When it happens to African Americans who live in Milwaukee, it is just an everyday occurrence. To crack down on the reselling of tickets, police invoke an ordinance against selling tickets at any price within 500 feet of a downtown venue or a stiffer ordinance against selling anything on public streets without a license. Bucks and Bradley Center officials said they requested the police sweeps because the success of the Bucks this season was resulting in basketball fans being bothered by professional ticket scalpers outside. If you believe that, you'll believe anything.