( Pam Panchak / Tribune News Service )PITTSBURGH—Lamenting a “lack of spirit” between whites and blacks, Donald Trump encouraged racial unity on Thursday, even as he called for one of the nation’s largest cities to adopt “stop and frisk” policing tactics that have been widely condemned as racial profiling by minority leaders. Trump, as he has for much of his unorthodox presidential bid, offered a decidedly mixed message as he confronted the delicate issue. Article Continued Below“I think Chicago needs ‘stop and frisk,’ ” Trump said. Trump’s endorsement of “stop and frisk” follows similar comments from the day before during the taping of a Fox News town hall. Current New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat who supports Clinton, slammed Trump’s call for more “stop and frisk” as “appalling.”Read more about:

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