Paul Butler on Trayvon Martin and Racial Profiling

Paul Butler on surviving as a baby-faced young black man—and why racial profiling is counterproductive.

Published Mar. 26 2012 4:45AM EDT

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I became a prosecutor because of Trayvon Martin. I used to be him, black, baby-faced, and 17. The times I wasn’t being harassed by police and security guards, I was being harassed by young African-American men.

Paul Butler

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Paul Butler on Trayvon Martin and Racial Profiling

Paul Butler on surviving as a baby-faced young black man—and why racial profiling is counterproductive.

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