City Council Passes Civil Liberties Ordinance
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CHARLOTTE, NC –Β Racial profiling and police interactions: front and center in Charlotte.
Monday night, Charlotte City Council voted unanimously to pass a Civil Liberties Ordinance.
It’s been a hot topic and point of debate for about six months in the city, with a microscope on police interactions across the country.
On Monday night, 14 people spoke at a public hearing about the ordinance–all in favor of the proposed ordinance.
The Civil Liberties Ordinance addresses racial profiling during police stops and frisks, arrests, searches and seizures.Β It also gives guidelines on how police deal with protests.
In December, Chief Rodney Monroe asked city council members to consider the Civil Liberties Ordinance, in the midst of riots breaking out in Ferguson, Missouri.
In January, city council members put off a decision on the plan, asking CMPD to lay out exactly how the policy would target illegal profiling.
The ordinance also requires electronic data, like video captured on body cameras, to be released unless it’s part of a civil or criminal case.
