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Police called on state representative for canvassing while black


Oregon State Representative Janelle Bynum, who is running for reelection, was canvassing in Clackamas County when one of her constituents called the police. Why? According to Bynum’s Facebook post, the resident thought she was acting suspiciously “going door to door and spending a lot of time typing on (her) cell phone after each house.”

She praised the deputy who responded for being professional, and said she asked him if she could meet the woman who made the call, but she was not available.


“The officer called her, we talked and she did apologize,” Bynum said, without specifying the race of the caller.


(CNN)

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