Groups accuse Zebulon police of racial profiling (NC)
Groups accuse Zebulon police of racial profiling
Iglesia de Dios
Posted: 10:25 p.m. yesterday
Zebulon, N.C. — Three civil rights groups say police in Zebulon are targeting members of a Latino church outside town at traffic checkpoints.‎
The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, the N.C. Justice Center and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice have asked for records of traffic stops from Zebulon police and the Wake County Sheriff's Office dating back to 2006. They say they suspect racial profiling is at work.
“That’s causing a sort of chilling effect on people's ability to attend church,â€