ESPN Analyst Details How He Was Racially Profiled... in His Own Driveway

Powerful stuff today, via The Atlantic, from former MLB player and current ESPN baseball analyst Doug Glanville.

The athlete-turned-author-turned-broadcaster details a very unpleasant recent encounter with a wayward patrol cop, who assumed the black man shoveling snow in front of a certain West Hartford residence must be hustling for bucks. From Glanville’s piece:

After getting legal advice from my neighbor and my wife, I ruled out any immediate action. In fact, I was hesitant to impulsively share my story with anyone I knew, let alone my media friends at ESPN or the New York Times.

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