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'Tensions are high' in Mississippi town that fired police chief with history of racist abuse

Published August 31, 2022 at 9:25 AM PDT

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Jerry Mitchell, founder of the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, about its reporting that led to the firing of Lexington, Mississippi, Police Chief Sam Dobbins.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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