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Kassie McClung

articles/2017/03/07/at-deadly-jail-black-staff-marked-with-n/170302-briquelet-tulsa-story_ahfdvk
INSANE

Jail Marked Black Guards With ‘N’

At one Oklahoma jail where a black inmate died in mysterious circumstances, African-American employees and inmates were called racially offensive names.

Kate Briquelet

articles/2017/03/03/shady-sheriff-takes-the-stand-in-army-vet-s-jail-death/170302-briqulet-tulsa-1-tease_dgvvrq
MYSTERY

Shady Sheriff Takes Stand In Jail Death

Army vet Elliott Williams spent his last days paralyzed on the floor of the Tulsa County jail—but an ex-sheriff testified that he didn’t review surveillance video of the death until years later.

Kate Briquelet

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