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Patrick questions Fla. police response

Says Martin case is troubling, sad

Governor Deval Patrick on Thursday questioned the reaction by Florida law enforcement to the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an African American teenager whose death last month has exploded into a national debate about racial profiling and self-defense laws. Describing a “sad, murky’’ set of facts surrounding the shooting, Patrick, the nation’s only black governor, praised the Obama administration’s Department of Justice for investigating the shooting.

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