No Justice - One White Police Officer, One Black Family, and How One Bullet Ripped Us Apart

Additional contributor (foreword) from verso.

About the author

ROBBIE TOLAN played baseball with the Washington Nationals and is the son of 14-year Major League Veteran Bobby Tolan. Though Robbie has since retired from baseball, he has not retired his love for the game. Robbie volunteers at the Houston Astros' Urban Youth Academy, providing free baseball instruction to low-income minorities who otherwise would not be exposed to the game. He also coaches a select baseball team with his former high school teammate, Enrique Cruz, son of Houston Astros legend Jose Cruz.

Summary

The harrowing true story of Robbie Tolan, a young black man who was shot in the chest by a white police officer . . . in his own driveway.
NO JUSTICE is the harrowing story of Robbie Tolan, who early on one New Year's Eve morning, found himself being rushed to the hospital. A white police officer had shot him in the chest after mistakenly accusing him of stealing his own car...while in his own driveway.
In a journey that took nearly a decade, Tolan and his family saw his case go before the United States Supreme Court in a groundbreaking decision, while Tolan struggled with how to put his life back together. Holding him together through this journey was the strength of his mother and father, his faith in God, and an impenetrable belief that he deserved justice like any other American who'd been wronged.
NO JUSTICE is the story about what happened after the cameras and social media protests went away. Robbie Tolan was left with the physical and mental devastation from having his body violated by someone who was supposed to serve and protect him. His story reminds us that police brutality is not a theoretical talking point in a larger nationwide argument. This story is about Robbie Tolan courageously picking up the pieces of his life, even as he fights for justice for all.

Foreword

NO JUSTICE is the behind-the-scenes story the Bellaire, Texas police don't want you to hear, with never-before-revealed details about the night unarmed Robbie Tolan was shot by authorities.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence Ross, Ross Lawrence, Robbie Tolan
• Assisted by: Ken Griffey (Foreword), Ken Griffey Jr. (Foreword), Griffey Ken (Foreword)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2018
• EAN: 9781478976653
• ISBN: 978-1-4789-7665-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 237 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 456 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social discrimination & inequality, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Social discrimination and equal treatment, Civil rights & citizenship, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Civics and citizenship, Social discrimination and social justice