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Woman escorted from Pinellas mosque hearing after playing song during public comment
A woman wearing a niqab was escorted out of a Pinellas County commission meeting during her public comment time.
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The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office escorted a woman wearing a niqab out of a commission meeting on Tuesday after she played a song during her public comment time, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
An incident report from the Sheriff's Office identified the woman as Kaitlin L. New, who previously ran for the Pinellas County School Board.
The event took place during a hearing related to a mosque in Pinellas County, though specific details about the hearing were not provided in the report.
Lizzy Alspach, a regional government reporter for the Tampa Bay Times, covered the incident and can be reached for further information.
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