WASHINGTON — A North Carolina sheriff’s department systematically targeted Hispanics for traffic checks and other infringements, the US Justice Department ruled Tuesday after a two-year investigation. Alamance County Sheriff’s Office had an “egregious pattern” of profiling, which violated the Constitution and federal law, engaging in “discriminatory policing against Latinos,” officials…
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