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2. Kern County's seriously fucking special.

Thu Dec 10, 2015, 05:23 AM

Dec 2015

These are the fine folks who brought you the Satanic Panic. They're also first rate drug warriors and unusually racist even by the standards of rural law enforcement.

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/dec/04/the-county-kern-county-california-deputies-tactics

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Yayyyyyyyy, drug war! Warren DeMontague Dec 2015 #1

Kern County's seriously fucking special. LeftyMom Dec 2015 #2

Also, very racist group of cops Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #4

Meth dealers, more likely. SwankyXomb Dec 2015 #6