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Police Department Shut Down After Mom Arrested For Facebook Post About Dirty Water

Republican Ledger staff · 6:27 AM ET

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A small Texas police department is being shut down after a state investigation found it failed to meet minimum law enforcement standards, mere months after its officers arrested a local mother over a Facebook post criticizing the town’s troubled drinking water. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement notified Trinidad Mayor Dennis Haws on September 9 ...

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