article_snippet.sent: But family and friends alleged that Stokes low school grades and brushes with the law were the real reason Stokes had been ruled out.
article_snippet.sent: Stokes mother, Melencia Hamilton, told reporters  that her son, who wore a court-ordered monitoring device, had been stereotyped as a troubled teen.
highlights_snippet.sent: But they changed they minds following pressure from civil rights groups and the boy's family, who said Anthony Stokes had been stereotyped as a troubled teen .
  