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U.S. attorney general Eric Holder has announced plans to help end racial profiling once and for all. He was speaking in Atlanta in the wake of mass protests surrounding the shooting dead of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman.
Holder was speaking at the Ebenezer Baptist church in Atlanta where Martin Luther king preached.
President Barack Obama has requested funds to improve training and provide body cameras for the police.
The shooting of brown in august in Ferguson, Missouri, has reignited tension over relations between young African-Americans and the police.
Most of Ferguson’s police are white, while the town's residents are mainly black.
A grand jury's decision last week not to charge police officer Darren Wilson over Mr Brown's death sparked violence across the us.
A mass walkout was held on Monday as employees stopped work and students left classes.
Holder was in Atlanta to meet law enforcement officials and community leaders at the request of President Obama.
- http://www.aitonline.tv/post-u_s__attorney_general_vows_to_end_racial_profiling#sthash.FLM9K3Md.dpuf
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