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manchestereveningnews.co.ukin Blackpool.Seasoned musician Elavi Dowie, 38 has been busking on the streets of Blackpool and playing gigs in the town for the past seven years.However he says he feels "targeted and criminalised" after armed officers attended to try and move him as he played following the easing of lockdown in May reports LancsLive.Elavi, originally from Old Trafford, says he was told that his busking was too loud, that he was being intimidating to the public and that he used foul language, all of which the 38-year-old denies."I don't like to make things racist when they aren't but I do feel I'm being targeted because I am a black musician," Elavi said."I thought Blackpool was supposed to be a place of inspiration and a place that is open to other.
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