What Ferguson, Staten Island cases say about justice

Jess Sun holds a sign against police brutality.
Jess Sun, 24, holds a sign at a protest against police brutality at the 3rd Precinct Minneapolis Police Department on Minnehaha Avenue in Minneapolis December 6, 2014. She heard about the event on Twitter.
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Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he plans to bring reform to the Justice Department. The plan will specifically target profiling--a longstanding source of tension between the DOJ and community that has escalated in recent weeks following the grand jury results concerning Eric Garner and Michael Brown.

Sarah Hill, a founder of MN Second Chance Coalition and lobbyist for Capitol Hill Strategies, and Hennepin County Judge Kevin Burke join The Daily Circuit to talk about this reform.

If you're a former or current law enforcement officer, do you think racial profiling is a problem? If you've had experience with the criminal justice system as person of color, did that experience seem fair? Leave your stories in the comments below.

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