NAACP to Hold Hearings on Police Conduct in Seattle

The local chapter of the NAACP is hosting a series of hearings on police conduct with minorities and the poor. The People's Panel on Police Responsibility will hold its first meeting at 6pm this Thursday at the Garfield Community Center.

The hearings are open to the public and will be conducted by a panel made up of two Seattle U proffessors and area residents who have faced police misconduct. The goal of the panel is to discuss the disparity of police treatment toward minorities. There are seven more scheduled meetings of the panel, both in and around the Seattle area. A report will be released this summer about police conduct based on the research discovered through these hearings.