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The Tragic Case of LeBron Gaither: A Cautionary Tale of Police Informants

How confidential informants like LeBron Gaither, recruited by police as a teen and killed by a drug dealer, are seen by the criminal system as disposable.

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The Tragic Collision of a Drug Raid and a Fatal Mistake: The Ryan Frederick Case

How the pre-planned no-knock raid — a violent, volatile tactic that became a common tool of the drug war — led to tragic consequences, in the story of Ryan Frederick and Detective Jarrod Shivers.

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The Tragic Case of Kathryn Johnston: Uncovering Police Corruption in Atlanta’s Drug Raids

The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston.

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Trump’s Escalating War on Drugs: Merging Terror Tactics with Domestic Policing

Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror.

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