A state police trooper has been placed on
adminstrative leave after he ran over and killed a 17-year-old boy
during an automobile pursuit. The boy's family said he was a victim of
racial profiling. Trooper Sean P. Taylor was pursuing Rashaad Randle
early Friday when Randle jumped out of his car. Taylor swerved to avoid
hitting the car and hit Randle, killing him, police said. Taylor was
patrolling Pine Street near Maple Street in York when he saw a Nissan
Stanza driven by Randle commit a traffic violation, state police said.
Randle, who only had a learner's permit, did not stop for the trooper
and a police pursuit began. Randle ran stop signs, drove on the wrong
side of the road, and was speeding and driving recklessly during the
chase. Randle's family, however, said he was the victim of racial
profiling. "The only violation I can see is that he was black and he
was out at 3:30 in the morning," said Darlene Barnes, Randle's mother.
The state police have launched an investigation into Taylor's actions,
said Trooper Kristal Turner-Childs, a state police spokeswoman, adding
that state police do not engage in racial profiling. [more 
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