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‘I was fearful for my safety’: St Louis health official speaks out on racist abuse
People mocked Faisal Khan’s accent and a council member questioned his credentials over Covid measure
A top public health official in a St Louis suburb has spoken out after he was targeted by racist abuse at a council meeting on re-introducing mask mandates to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
“I’ve been to many council meetings where we’ve had tense conversations. Never has it spilled over into this anger, vitriol and directed abuse to the point where I was fearful for my own safety,” Dr Faisal Khan, acting director of public health for St Louis County, told the Guardian.
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