Legal Services NYC Statement on Trayvon Martin

The staff of Legal Services NYC is deeply saddened by the tragic death of Trayvon Martin, yet another African-American man lost to violence. As advocates for low-income New Yorkers, we are all too familiar with the devastating effects that policies such as racial profiling and stop and frisk have on our clients and their children. These unfair practices cast a long shadow on low-income communities of color, resulting in the senseless loss of lives, costly and unnecessary incarceration, destabilization of families, and shockingly high levels of unemployment. We add our voices to the millions across this nation calling for a thorough prosecution of this case, as is required by the principle of equal justice for all under the law.

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