I guess that qualifies as a "save".State Rep. Emilia Sykes was walking to work in the Ohio Statehouse last year with a fellow lawmaker when she was stopped by security. Officers needed to search her bag, she was told.
Sykes is serving her third year as a Democratic state representative from Akron. She is also a 32-year-old black woman.
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Sykes said she questioned why her bag needed to be searched when that wasn't protocol. Lawmakers only need a badge to gain access to the Statehouse or the nearby Riffe Center, which houses many lawmakers' offices.
Her colleague told the trooper Sykes was a member of the Ohio House.
She was told: "You don't look like a legislator." The trooper then clarified: "You look too young."
Cincinnati.com
Sykes said she worries about how citizens are treated when they come to meet with lawmakers or visit the Ohio Statehouse. Security is very important, but so is treating visitors equally, Sykes said. Whom to search is a discretionary choice.
"Whenever there’s discretion, people like me get stopped," Sykes said.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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