&gt;<i>sounds like a movie plot</i><p>If only you knew the rest of the story... It often felt like I&#x27;d been thrown into some bizarre screenwriter&#x27;s fantasy. But this is real.<p>My experience suggests the problem is systemic, not isolated. I can only imagine that if I were a poor black kid from the inner city, I would be in prison right now, rather than several years removed from that nightmare.