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Allison Pearson’s ‘racist’ tweet is at centre of Telegraph’s row with police

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Essex police told Allison Pearson on her doorstep last weekend that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in a tweet last year .

The Telegraph and Pearson say they are unaware which post caused two officers to knock on her door.

But the Guardian believes it has found the post at the centre of the row.

It is a retweet by Pearson of a photograph posted several months ago .

It shows a group of people of colour posing with a flag on a street, flanked by three police officers.

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