Jury acquits campaign worker who cited racism for arrest
Posted May 1, 2019 02:02:02 PM.
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DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa jury has acquitted a black political campaign worker who was arrested after refusing to identify himself to police in a Des Moines suburb.
Keilon Hill was canvassing in West Des Moines for a Republican political action committee in support of congressman David Young last October when two officers tried to stop and talk to him. Police say a resident had called 911 to report a suspicious person.
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana, resident says he believes his skin colour played a role.
Hill was found not guilty Tuesday of misdemeanour harassment of a public official or employee.
The West Des Moines police department has declined to comment on the verdict.
Young lost his bid for a third term to Democrat Cindy Axne.
The Associated Press
