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Florida Cops On What Ferguson Can Learn From Trayvon

Florida Cops On What Ferguson Can Learn From Trayvon
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Aqua Etefia holds up a Trayvon Martin mask as he attends a "Justice for Trayvon" rally, Saturday, July 20, 2013 in Miami. The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network organized "Justice for Trayvon" rallies nationwide to press for federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, who was found not guilty in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

As an anxious nation awaits a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, the Florida law enforcement officials who handled another controversial interracial shooting have come forward to describe the lessons learned—and what goes on behind the scenes when a small town’s simmering racial tensions burst into the national media spotlight.

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