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By TChris
Complaints of racial profiling are multiplying in Seattle, according to the president of the Seattle-King County branch of the NAACP.
"This is a pervasive problem," [James Bible] said, adding that the message to youth has become "you're all perceived as gang members until you prove differently."
A news conference yesterday cited instances of unequal and disrespectful law enforcement targeting black youth. One example:
[Marcus] Whitehurst, who is black, was pushed up against the patrol car, told he was nothing but "garbage" and advised that he was "not welcome in this neighborhood." His white friends were allowed to stand there, untouched.
Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 01, 2008 (boomark / email).
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