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Tennessee [I] governor candidate arrested after disturbance call at voting site [View all]
https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee/tennessee-governor-candidate-arrested-after-disturbance-call-at-voting-site/amp/CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WATE) — An independent Tennessee governor candidate was arrested at a Hamilton County voting site Monday, according to the Chattanooga Police Department.
Charles Van Morgan, of Knoxville, was charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and intimidation of voters.
Police said they responded to a call from the Hamilton County Election Commission stating that someone was causing a disturbance on the 700 block of River Terminal Road. The report stated, “A man was screaming about politics, cursing, getting into people’s faces and harassing the voters.”
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Van Morgan was also a former Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper who was fired in 2012 after driving past a fatal wreck.
More at link, including that he was carrying a handgun at the time of his arrest.
Good 'ol TN, always a disgrace.
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