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WaPo: When the sheriff waged a war on drugs in a Mississippi county

Posted on May 11, 2022 by Hall

WaPo: When the sheriff waged a war on drugs in a Mississippi county by Jenn Abelson and Reena Flores (“No-knock raids were the rule rather than the exception, and they led to serious allegations against the department. The sheriff defended his tenure, saying ‘we cleaned this county up.'”)

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