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A Young Black Man in Texas was Racially Profiled During a Winter Storm. Because Racial Profiling Knows No Barriers

18-year-old Rodney Reese was apprehended while walking home from his job at Walmart in freezing temperatures.

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Donney Rose
Feb 22, 2021
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18-year-old Rodney Reese was arrested on February 16 in Plano, TX, and charged with being a pedestrian in the roadway. Misdemeanor charges were recently dropped against Rodney, which is great, but they never should have been filed, to begin with. During one of the most brutal winters in the history of Texas, law enforcement officials found time to follo…

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