After a week of demonstrations led by black activists, the all-white Des Moines City Council is planning a vote on a ban of racial profiling by police.
“People realized this has been going on for decades now and we’re not getting anywhere and we’re kind of fed up,” said Jadyn Lovelady, 21, a college student from Des Moines who’s been at each of the protests.
Ako Abdul-Samad, who was a lieutenant in the Black Panthers and is now a state representative from Des Moines, said he has not seen protests like this in the city since, when young black people made complaints of police harassment in their neighborhoods. Abdul-Samad has been at each protest over the past week, and took it upon himself to intervene during a couple of the demonstrations when a small group of young people vandalized businesses.
Activists say that one notable change in the recent protests is increased support from the white community.
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