Police Accountability and Racial Profiling

Summary

Timeline

2025-11-06 — [[Tampa/Meetings/2025-11-06-2643.md|Meeting 2643]]

Sentiment: neutral

2025-11-20 — [[Tampa/Meetings/2025-11-20-2646.md|Meeting 2646]]

Speakers: Bill Carlson, Robin Lockett, Kella McCaskill, Metesnot (Tony Daniels), David Cornell

Multiple speakers raised concerns about potential racial profiling in new bicycle ordinance enforcement, referencing past ‘biking while black’ issues. Councilman Carlson emphasized need to avoid repeating discriminatory practices. One speaker demanded transparency about recent Ybor shooting investigation. Another raised concerns about underrepresentation of Black officers in Highland Pines district.

“Ticketing, profiling, all of that ends up being harmful for the Black community” “Why isn’t our district 5 representative publicly calling for the name and arrest of the murderer of this black man?” “Very, very few Black officers and this concerns me gravely”

Sentiment: concerned and demanding action