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The 411 On Sanford Florida, The Police & Their Racist Past (LIST)
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1. 1. Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in the town of Sanford, FL and the community is asking why. The police and the town’s racist past has been an issue for years.
2. 2. This isn’t the first time the town of Sanford has had to deal with racism.
3. 3. Former Sanford police Chief Brian Tooley had to resign after his Lieutenant’s son, Justin Collison, 21, attacked a homeless black man.
4. 4. In 2005, two white security guards killed Travares McGill, one of them the son of a Sanford Police officer.
5. 5. Current police Chief Bill Lee said that he believed arresting Zimmerman would have been a violation of his civil rights. What about Trayvon’s civil rights?
