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ABQ Black Community Wants Answers, Reforms After ATF Sting Operation
June 23, 2017 – In court filings and testimony, federal agents and prosecutors have vigorously denied that racial profiling was part of a massive undercover sting operation by the federal bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Albuquerque last year. But data unearthed by KNME partner New Mexico In Depth (NMID) call those…
Read MoreATF Sting In Albuquerque Raises Questions Of Racial Profiling, Police Practices
May 19, 2017 – They said they brought in “the best of the best to get the worst of the worst.” A four-month undercover sting operation by the federal bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) led to 103 arrests in Albuquerque — an “unprecedented” success for such a campaign, officials said at a…
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