Newton man said Newton police drew guns on him and wife in profiling incident
From tonight’s Boston Globe website:
In the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police, former deputy athletic director for external affairs at Northeastern, Tim Duncan, posted a video Monday on Twitter detailing an incident of profiling by police not far from his home in Newton.
Duncan, who left
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