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Robbie Tolan was shot in his own driveway after police mistakenly accused Tolan and his cousin of stealing their family car.

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(HOUSTON) — Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit former Bellaire High School baseball star Robbie Tolan filed against the police officer…

Robert “Robbie” Tolan, a former baseball standout in Bellaire, Texas, was shot in 2008 on his family’s front porch by a police officer who assumed he was driving a stolen vehicle. A federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Tolan was stalled in 2012 but was revived by the United States Supreme Court early Monday. SEE […]