PDX Council Candidates Discuss Racial Profiling

Portland city council candidates Amanda Fritz and Charles Lewis discussed the sensitive issue of racial profiling recently at a debate in Northeast Portland:

From The Portland Observer:

Both candidates acknowledged in last week's forum that racial profiling is a real problem, one that must be addressed.

Lewis, the founder of Ethos, Inc., a provider of music education to minority and disadvantaged populations, said being singled out and discriminated against are "hard on a person's spirit."

Although he did not believe the vast majority of Portland's police officers were involved in racial profiling, he said there were definitely a few bad apples out there.

Fritz, a registered nurse, volunteer leader and public schools activist, said the city was very good about studying things and making committees, but that the time has come to implement recommendations to curb racial profiling.

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