Discussion on race and law enforcement

Published: July 7, 2010

The Boone County Government Center will host a discussion about racial bias in police work and protecting individual rights on Wednesday, July 21.

David A. Harris, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh, will lead the discussion. Harris is the author of Good Cops: The Case for Preventative Policing and Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work, and has published scholarly articles on the relationship between law enforcement and faith communities after Sept. 11.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. on July 21 at the Boone County Government Center in Columbia, Mo. For more information, contact Don Love at (573) 875-7918 or dmaclove@centurytel.net.

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