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

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.

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