DOJ: Alamance County sheriff's office racially profiled Latinos

INDY Week | September 19, 2012
U.S. Department of Justice officials report that Alamance County Sheriff's Office leaders "explicitly" order deputies to target Latinos and "foster a culture of bias by using anti-Latino epithets."

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