Tuesday morning, Hoover City Council candidate Tanveer Patel held a press conference detailing two recent death threats made on Facebook from a Georgia man, as well as what her campaign described as “hate-filled comments” about the Muslim faith from others.

The violent threats were posted by one individual, whom William White, Tanveer’s attorney, said has been identified by law enforcement. While White initially said during the press conference that an arrest had been made, the campaign clarified after the press conference that the individual had been identified but not arrested.

The campaigns had posters made with the threats and what they described as “other hate-filled comments such as 'raghead, sandbox builder, F* Off, Go back where you came from,' etc.”

White said the investigation

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