Florida man arrested on Peaks after racist incident (Maine)

https://www.pressherald.com/2019/07/12/peaks-island-woman-says-she-was-target-of-racist-incident/

A Florida man was arrested on Peaks Island after he allegedly shoved a police officer after complaining about a black woman’s conversation about race with friends at a local bar.

The woman, Shay Stewart-Bouley, said she was talking with friends Tuesday night at the island’s American Legion hall about an anti-racism project that she’s working on in Philadelphia. The friends eventually left, and Stewart-Bouley said she lingered to finish her drink.

At that point, the man, Randall Hunt, 54, of Vero Beach, Florida, allegedly told the bartender “that black woman” should be asked to leave because of the “inappropriate” subject of her earlier conversation. Stewart-Bouley said the bartender told the man that she didn’t serve racists and asked the man to leave.

Police said they were called to the legion hall shortly before midnight Tuesday, and by the time they arrived the man had left. He apparently returned a short time later, said Portland interim Police Chief Vern Malloch, and was “very intoxicated.” The police were called back, Malloch said, and Hunt allegedly pushed one of the officers.

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Florida Man can stay in FLA please.