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Council names 14 citizens to racial profiling study group
Tuesday, March 20, 2001
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF
The Seattle City Council yesterday appointed a diverse group of citizens to monitor a city study looking into why African Americans are disproportionately cited for traffic violations.
Though police deny they practice racial profiling -- in which drivers are targeted based on race -- they also acknowledge the disproportionality exists. The yearlong city study will try to determine why.
Council members hope the citizens, including the head of an anti-police brutality organization, will lend the study credibility. Councilman Jim Compton said the group will first help the city decide what information to collect. Later, the group will help interpret the data for the council.
Appointed were: Patricia Champion, an activist for the homeless; L. Song Richardson, an assistant public defender; the Rev. Harriet Walden, co-founder of Mothers for Police Accountability; Shelbi Scott, of the United Way; Kay Godefroy, a civic volunteer for the homeless and other causes; Claudia Kauffman, of the United Indians of All Tribes; Reco Bembry, of the city's parks department; Hugh Berry, assistant U.S. attorney; Robert Boruchowitz, executive director of the Seattle-King County Public Defender Association; Bonnie Glenn, a deputy King County prosecutor; Dave Bown, a retired police officer; Compton aide George Allen; Mayor Paul Schell's public safety adviser Walt Hubbard; and Hunter John, representing private defense attorneys.
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