I though the story was good because it's a realistic situation, and happens alot. I was about racial profiling and i think that the story was a good example of it.When the officer spoke to Noah and Cleveland there was a big difference, the officer sounded more stern and kind of harsh when he spoke to Cleveland, and was really nice to Noah, I think he was so rude to Cleveland because he was African American and pulled him over not because he was riding a bike without a helmet but because he had a white person with him, i don't even think it mattered to the officers that Noah was a little boy, i think it was just the fact that he was white.Cleveland and Noah spoke to the police officers in very different tones, Noah seemed to be kind of scared and Cleveland sounded like he just wanted it to be over and done with. I think that the officer believed Cleveland when he said Noah was his girlfriends son, but he just kept him their and kept asking him questions because he just wanted to give him a hard time
I think ms. Edward choose this story because it has to do with to kill a mockingbird, its similar to, to kill a mockingbird because the man being accused of rape, tom Robinson, was also African American and was blamed for something he didn't do. they were trying t convict him of raping a woman he did some work for, and i think that related to the story of Noah and Cleveland because at one point Noah had mentioned that the police had come into his house to take Cleveland away because someone had said Cleveland had raped his mom. in both story's both men had been accused of things they didn't do because of the color of their skin and i think Ms. Edwards choose this story to show our class that there is still racism to this day and that what happened to Tom Robinson and Cleveland isn't much different very different.
