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Cops broke into his home without showing a warrant, but what happened next is even worse

Coty Cecil was awaiting repairs on his RV in a West Virginia campground when Milton police started breaking into his home, refusing to show a warrant. Cecil was eventually charged with possession with intent to…

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He called cops for help; they broke down his door and arrested him instead

When a Minnesota couple called the police to intervene in a dispute with a neighbor they said was harassing them, they didn’t expect that they would be the ones to get raided and arrested. That’s…

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Rattling the Bars: America’s rural county jail boom w/Stephen Janis and Taya Graham

Read the transcript of this video: https://therealnews.com/booming-rural-county-jails-are-now-the-main-driver-of-mass-incarceration-study-says Stephen Janis and Taya Graham of Police Accountability Report join Rattling the Bars to discuss a new report from the Vera Institute on the boom in rural jails….

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