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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 20, 2019, 10:42 AM Oct 2019

Local congressional candidate says she was harassed by police after Democratic debate

Desiree Tims, who is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge U.S. Rep. Mike Turner in 2020, said she was pulled over after the Democratic Presidential Debate in Westerville Tuesday and harassed by police.

Tims, who is black, tweeted after the debate that she was racially profiled.

Tims said she and her aide were harassed by police and racially profiled after the debate.

Tims and her aide parked in a Kroger parking lot to look for a place to eat after the debate. Immediately after leaving that parking lot Tims said she and her aide were pulled over.

Read more: https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local-govt--politics/local-congressional-candidate-says-she-was-harassed-police-after-dem-debate/GcWa4RUlNs8b6KlobhTnkI/

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Local congressional candidate says she was harassed by police after Democratic debate (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2019 OP
The likely Krogers lot is about 2 miles from the debate site irisblue Oct 2019 #1
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