In a story coming to OregonLive next week, we'll look at the continuing controversy over the death of Keaton Otis, a 25-year-old African-American man shot during a traffic stop with Portland Police officers four years ago.



Otis' parents spoke to their son repeatedly as he grew up about how to behave if he ever encountered police officers. They tried to prepare him for the likelihood that he might be pulled over because of his skin tone; between 2006 and 2009, African Americans comprised 14 percent of all Portland Police Bureau traffic stops, despite making up just 6 percent of the city's population.



"I don't know a lot of mothers who haven't had that conversation with their son," Felesia Otis said recently. "It's just common sense to make sure they're prepared."



The Oregonian spoke with other mothers whose sons are black, Latino or biracial about what they told their children about interacting with police and about their own experiences with law enforcement.

On Friday, we'll bring you police perspective on how to behave if you're pulled over. Meanwhile, have you talked to your children about how to interact with law enforcement? What advice or guidance did you give them?

-- Beth Nakamura

-- Casey Parks

-- Anna Griffin