Exum, Jelani Jefferson

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“Grand jurors [must] contemplate the relevance of race in … the officer’s decision to kill… Correcting a colorblind vision also will help grand jurors to understand what is often cast as the evasive and uncooperative actions of the black victim of police violence."

“Profilers, whether they be police officers or lay citizens, invite the hand (and force) of law enforcement into a situation where there is no need for law enforcement… The object of the profiling—in this case African-Americans—are at the mercy of the officer’s judgment."