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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From July:
https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2019/07/a-council-member-believes-a-push-for-police-reform-has-resulted-in-a-spike-in-hate-filled-messages/
Montgomery County Council member Will Jawando said more than 150 messages have come in to him and his staff, and many have been concerning enough that he is sharing them with authorities.
“It reached a point where, last week, we referred the matter to the Montgomery County Police Department,” Jawando said.

Jawando is not the only county lawmaker to be subject to hate-filled messages. Council member Evan Glass, who is the county’s first openly gay council member, reported that he received a lot of hateful communication during pride month in June.

https://www.mymcmedia.org/montgomery-council-considers-enhanced-security/
Earlier in September:
“I think all of us have received alarming messages over the last couple of weeks that are based on ignorance and unfortunately in some cases outright racial profiling,” Councilmember Gabe Albornoz said Tuesday.

“It’s been disconcerting to hear some of those messages, often from people who don’t live in Montgomery County.”

Council President Nancy Navarro said the council has filed police reports because of some of the messages.

Capt. Thomas Jordan, spokesman for Montgomery County police, also said <b>some of the messages are not originating within the county.</b>

“When councilmembers get messages that are threatening in nature – not someone exercising their First Amendment rights – they pass them on to us,” Jordan said.

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I noticed Jawando, Navarro, Glass or any of the rest of them couldn’t provide an actual quote of one of these “threatening” messages.

I guess we’re all just supposed to take their word for it, huh? 
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