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Louisiana State Police leader retiring amid controversy

by Melinda DeslatteJim Mustian
| October 28, 2020 12:03 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The head of the Louisiana State Police will retire at the end of the month amid ongoing questions about his handling of the in-custody death of a Black man last year, a case that has drawn accusations of a cover-up and is now the subject of a federal civil rights investigation.

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