Texas Sheriff Indicted After Probe Into Black Man’s Death

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Texas Sheriff Indicted After Probe Into Black Man’s Death

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas sheriff has been indicted on charges of destroying or concealing video in an investigation into the death in custody of a Black man, Javier Ambler, that was filmed by the police reality TV series “Live PD,' prosecutors said Monday. Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody was booked Monday into his […]

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