• SippyCup@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My grandad was a sheriff during the civil rights movement for some time after.

    He just put a lead core in a baton and called it a day. He had two, one for black folk and one to show the prosecutor if it ever came up. Spoiler: it never came up.

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      Ooof. That’s even more rough, that he knew it was wrong and took steps to cover it up. Sorry to hear about that.

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        Beat the shit out of his kids too. Fucked up thing is I only have fond memories of him. He died when I was young and only learned about this crap long after he died.