The easiest and best reason to fight racism should be to do it for our children. They're fighting in Eastpointe, where police officers have been stopping black boys, mostly on bicycles, for years as they've ridden through the predominantly white suburb. According to a 1998 memo from then Police Chief Fred DeWeese, it looks black. If Lee Harvey Oswald had left a note like that, we'd know whether there was a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. If former President Richard Nixon had written a note like that, he might have donned orange instead of retiring.
Some evidence is irrefutable.
But beyond the legal ramifications that are surely imminent for Eastpointe, which might belong to the families of the 21 boys when the case is over, there are emotional ramifications. Some of these boys, according to the lawsuit, were as young as 10. In another instance, the suit alleges, four black boys and one white one were riding together. The four black boys were placed in police cars and questioned while the white boy waited. Some are now private policies that still hurt.