Racial Profiling Report 'Tip Of The Iceberg'

[Click the picture below for video of the Rev. Ashiya Odeye and the link below for the story and videos of both the Rev and The Chairman of the Board, Jim Updegraff]

Council To Discuss Police Racial Profiling

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A report that suggests Sacramento police have been involved in racial profiling will be discussed tonight by the City Council.

A study released last week found that African-American drivers were more than twice as likely to be pulled over by police compared to non-black motorists. The study found Hispanic drivers are more likely to be searched after they are stopped.

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Jim Updegraff of the local American Civil Liberties Union said the city now needs to root out officers involved in racial profiling. He said more training is needed and some offending officers may need to be fired.

"This is only the tip of the iceberg because the report only deals with motor vehicle stops and it doesn't deal with the most stops that happen, which are the ones that happen to the kids and people on the street or on their bicycles and things like that," the Rev. Ashiya Odeye from the ACLU said.

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The City Council will meet at 6 p.m. at City Hall, located at 915 I St

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