Justice Probes S.C. for Civil Rights Violations
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Adam Hochberg, All Things Considered (NPR), March 27, 2008
The Justice Department has begun a civil rights investigation of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. In recent weeks, a series of videos has surfaced showing highway patrol officers using racial slurs and striking African-American suspects with their patrol cars.
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(Posted on March 28, 2008)