8/12/2019 STAR TELERGAM - Owner of Arlington Pool Hall Esther
Gaona 2-27- (2)
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Starilblegram.com /local
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Gaona saYs theextends to lrerand o.tstomers.
schrotk (ff r- Each daYher Nerv York Aw-bnr opens, Esthersaitl,
she slips on aof gloves and beglnssearching underilliard tables and
be -the eight-llner ma-fot drugs or drugthat cus-have left be-
ownet of the,j 2 'r li '::
ThursdaY, FebruarY 27,2014+
Tarrant & Texaswww.star-telegram.com
BF ebruary 27, 2oA
Billares Mi Tlerla fornearly 17 Years, said sheused to only
worry abouttmderage kJds ttYlng tobuy beer or custotnerswith guns
or knlves look-ing for trouble. But sincepollce arrested a
lvomenlast April for selling drugshside the east Arlfutgtonbar,
Gaona said, officersheve been harasslng her'her employees end
hercustomers ln seerch ofother dealers."No one wants to cometo a
bar wlren theY knowpolice wlll come flashlnglight at thelr hPad
artd
stalt searehing for no ree-son," sald Gaone, who saldshe's lost
6o Percent ofhpr sales slnce fanuary. "ldon't krow what to do.
Ican't close mY Pool hall.This ls all I heve to sut-vivel'Earlier
this
molrth,c,oo,-"'t"atheful,ng-EsthelGaonasaystlreproblemsatherbusltrssslatedJ*.#r:Lthe
iuto u4retlter officers areLatin violating citY PolicY'izenshasal-
"She lust waltts thelnsked the de- to leave her alotle' She
haslnvestigate lost an awful lot of mon-reasons to arrest them her
complehrts of-harass- eyi' saitl L]co leyes,. ai"-Jn"r.*"Ga
searches ment, racial profillng and longtiure LULAC leader,;.;tf*;J
Ml Tlerra, oq tntirnidatlotr ord to look M"'onPooLHALL'GB V1
.:ri,: _'.lj:t; ;,.: :i ,. ii{ iirnf6r.r.:i,, rierra pool hall
ln east Arli s excessive police visits n'ake her feel her
"buslrress is tndetsiege
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