Activists Launch Racial Profiling Hotline

A new hotline is being launched for Colorado drivers who suspect they've been pulled over by police because of racial profiling.

About a dozen community activists gathered in Denver's Five Points neighborhood today to announce the Colorado Racial Profiling and Police Discrimination Hotline.

The hotline is a project of the Colorado Progressive Coalition, a 12-year-old nonprofit group that claims 5,500 members.

"People can feel safe and secure and give us a call. We are going to take them seriously," said Cheyenne Hughes, a CPC supporter.

Hughes, 22, an African-American, said he's been pulled over more than 20 times in what he suspects were racial-profiling stops.

"I know how it feels — to feel powerless after a stop," Hughes said. "I know the fear of walking into a police station because you want to file a complaint."

The Denver Post