Community advocates are warning that a law enforcement strategy of naming and shaming known gang members to keep the public safe is harmful to the Lower Mainland's southeast Asian community, and raises the risk of racial profiling. I think it's highly problematic and this leads to the potential for a lot of racial profiling," he said. 's anti-gang police agency, was asked about the potential for the poster campaign to lead to racial profiling, but said the men on the poster are there for good reason. Their ability to be perpetrators or even victims of violence and the risk that poses to the public," she said. But the poster creates a perception — right away you hear people say that Surrey is gang land.

Source: CBC News May 21, 2021 23:39 UTC