The men stopped were black, the cops were white. No more info needed, obviously racial profiling, racism, whitey out to get the black man........ Gosh, I never heard any of this before.
And lawyers have already been retained, warp speed response. Nothing like having a good lawyer available when money is waiting to be collected, likely in an “out of court settlement.”
first of all, I doubt he will get a very good lawyer to take this case unless it is one supported by a civil rights group, in which case the lawyer's motivation won't be just getting a payday. If they can get someone like that they will pursue it just for the publicity.
The police have a strong enough case to tell them to pound sand. No lawyer wants to carry the expense of taking a case like this to trial where the likelihood of a large judgment is slight. There is no injury, only a civil rights claim...in East Tennessee.