Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran criticized police brutality and racial profiling Saturday morning at a Harvard Law School (HLS) speech and panel discussion.

Climenko Professor of Law Charles J. Ogletree introduced Cochran and moderated the panel, entitled "Police, Politics and Race," which was attended by over 300 people.

Cochran has won several multi-million dollar verdicts for victims of police brutality and is currently representing the family of Patrick Dorismond, an unarmed black man shot and killed by an undercover police officer in New York last month.

Cochran focused on racial profiling during his speech, saying targeting blacks because of their skin color is like a lesser form of Jim Crow laws.

"We call it Jim Crow, Jr., his son," Cochran quipped.

He cited a recent study in Maryland, saying that 80 percent of police traffic stops were of African Americans, while they only make up 20 percent of drivers.

"We have a new phenomenon called driving while black," Cochran said.

Panelist and state senator Diane Wilkerson, who is the only black member of the Massachusetts state senate, is currently sponsoring a bill requiring officers to record the race of drivers when they are pulled over in order to see the effects of racial profiling on traffic stops.