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Rev. Jesse Jackson wants Georgia to enact an anti-racial profiling law after a grand jury decided not to indict a Columbus deputy who shot and killed an unarmed black man. Jackson, president of the National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, said on Monday that the law is needed to help prevent racial violence and assure all citizens an equal protection. "All we want are set rules," Jackson said. A Muscogee County grand jury decided not to indict former Muscogee County Sheriff's deputy David Glisson for the fatal shooting of Kenneth Walker. Walker was killed Dec. 10, 2003, during a traffic stop connected to a drug investigation. Jackson will hold a protest in Columbus, Ga., on Jan. 15 against police brutality and to support the Walker family. "Blacks are hit in five deadly ways everyday," Jackson said. "We're either less patriotic, less intelligent, less hard workers ... or more violent." [more]