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Judge: Ariz. sheriff's office profiles Latinos

A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.Full story

Fighting for social justice through spoken word

Bryonn Bain may have a law degree from Harvard, but instead of fighting mass incarceration and racial profiling through lawsuits, he's doing it through art. Full story

Protests mark anniversary of Trayvon Martin's shooting death

SANFORD, Fla./NEW YORK (Reuters) - Demonstrators symbolically wearing hoodies gathered in New York, Florida and California on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, reviving a national discussion on gun laws and racial profiling. Full story

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  Gun control debate one year after Trayvon Martin’s death

The Grio’s Joy Reid and Lehigh University’s Dr. James Peterson examine how the shooting of Trayvon Martin, one year ago today, not only jumpstarted the national conversation on racial profiling – but also on the nation’s gun laws.

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