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Police chief and residents reflect on progress since Trayvon Martin’s death

Ten years after Trayvon Martin's killing, the Sanford Police is slowly gaining the trust of Black residents.

Ten years after Trayvon Martin's killing, the Sanford Police is slowly gaining the trust of Black residents.

bonapart spoke about the force that chief lee runs. any trust that may have existed in the police department is gone and that for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was always shaky to begin w. >> let's be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months. the issues brought to my attention regarding the black community and the sanford police department go back many, many, many years. >> we've been looking into the reasons why that is including the brutal beating of an african-american homeless man in which police initially let the assail...

it's one of many new developments. late word that authorities in a nearby county arrested a man who they say e-mailed a death threat to sanford police chief bill lee. chief lee, you'll recall, stepped aside temporarily yesterday. to date man who fire him but hasn't, city manager nort an bonapart spoke about the force that chief lee runs. any trust that may have existed in the police department is gone and that for african-americans in sanford, florida, it was always shaky to begin w. >> let's be very clear. chief lee has been the chief of the sanford police department for ten months....