Interestingly, the state in its charging affidavit simply claimed Zimmerman "profiled" Martin, not that he racially profiled him.

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And I say this as someone who has been racially profiled, so I understand the humiliation and anger that it engenders.

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Martin's family and civil rights activists from across the country claim that Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, racially profiled the 17-year-old and ignored a 911 dispatcher's advice not to follow him.

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