Q: what to do when police and media publish false statements to community of a person arrested for 1st degree murder
our small town corruption is all over this town the police are bias to me and my family to a point they do not help us and crimes commited against us are either flipped or completely ignored all together like a home invasion was committed at my home i had it on video and the police caught them in the act and let 2 go and charged one w criminal tresspass and alot more.now they have charged my brother w agg battery/mob action he was running away trying to get awayfrom the persons they caught him broke his arm kicked him in face and my brothers son came out side seeing this and hung up on police and took action to help his dad he got the guy that kicked my bro in face off first w one push he fell hit his head and dies days later due to these injuries now my nephew is charged w 1st degree murder
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