Amid an emotional national discussion about race relations and law enforcement, a San Diego councilwoman has apologized amid a call for her to resign after saying there is racial profiling "because blacks are shooting blacks."

In the aftermath of a series of deadly encounters between police and black men around the country, councilmember Myrtle Cole held a community meeting in the Encanto neighborhood in her district on July 19 and 200 people showed up; residents expressed their fears and frustrations. Council President Sherri Lightner attended, as did councilmembers Todd Gloria, David Alvarez and Lorie Zapf. Tuesday, in thanking them for attending, Cole made the comments about racial profiling.

They are transcribed below the video, one of the calls to "get her out of office" and the full text of her apology.

Cole's comments and apology Here's video of Cole's remarks, shared on Twitter by a group called United Against Police Terror - San Diego. San Diego City Council Member Myrtle Cole Justifies Police Racial Profiling: https://t.co/UMyICGxkzK via @YouTube — UAPTSD (@UAPTSD) July 28, 2016 Here's a critical Facebook post from a community member. Underneath it, one comment said: "Stop complaining and call her office +1 (619) 236-6644 that what I did voice your complaint directly to her."



Here's Cole's apology. I sincerely apologize for the misunderstanding I may have caused. I'm open and willing to listen to the community. pic.twitter.com/dCsaUf9A9f — Myrtle Cole (@CD4MyrtleCole) July 28, 2016 Here's video of Cole's remarks, shared on Twitter by a group called United Against Police Terror - San Diego.Here's a critical Facebook post from a community member. Underneath it, one comment said: "Stop complaining and call her office +1 (619) 236-6644 that what I did voice your complaint directly to her."Here's Cole's apology.

"We had a group of young people that were not only disruptive, but disrespectful," she said at Tuesday's council meeting about the July 19 meeting. "That was like the second-hardest thing that I've ever done in my professional career, to allow this, but we did because I know that there was a lot on their minds, there was a lot on their hearts.

"One of the things that they brought up was the racial profiling issue. That was something that when asked, I said I support my community, but let me just tell you what I want to do is make sure we know that there is more black on black shootings in our nation than ever before -- 340 shootings and murders in Chicago the first six months, 120 shootings and murders in Memphis the first six months, 28 homicides here in San Diego. Black on black crime is an issue, and that was never addressed. That's why when someone says, 'Do you think there is racial profiling?' Yeah, because blacks are shooting blacks. They're not going to stop a white male. They're not going to stop an Hispanic male or an Asian. They're going to stop an African-American. That's what they're going to stop because those are the ones that are shooting. ...

A month or so, in front of my district on Euclid and Market a black man stopped another black man and shot him in the car. So who did they go and look for? They're going to look for African-Americans who look like the person that was the shooter. And so that's why we can address black on black crime in our community. I think we would be better off than saying there's racial profiling. Yeah there is because they're stopping blacks who shoot blacks. Let's first deal with black on black crime. Let's have a meeting on that so we can try and prevent our children from getting murdered and our black children from shooting other black children. That's what we need to stop.

And that hopefully we will be addressing the racial profiling also. And if there's a police officer that pulls over another individual 52 times in a year or so, that's racial profiling. There's something wrong with that. We have not gone that far yet because I'm making sure that we don't go to that point.

She said it's disappointing that a racial disparity study has been delayed four more months and said, "We need to get that out. We need to find out how many blacks are being stopped, how many browns are being stopped, how many Asians. We need to find that out. Then let's also address the black on black crime in this nation."

In an interview with NBC 7 San Diego, Cole said she has no plans to leave office. "Did I make a mistake? Absolutely, I did,” she told the NBC station. “Do I apologize for it? Absolutely, I do. But I am not going anywhere.”

KPBS is reporting that there will be a protest at Cole's district office on Friday. From that story: