A few months ago Aaron Maybin, a first-round pick in the 2009 NFL draft, was a passenger in his own vehicle, driving through downtown Baltimore. His cousin was behind the wheel and the two young men were on their way to Maybin’s home, not far from the downtown area – the scene of riots that have gripped this nation over the past week.
It was there in his hometown that Maybin, who is black, claims he was profiled by members of the Baltimore Police Department.
He tells the story calmly and with detail, a chronology that began a few months back on an innocent trip back to his house.