{"id":11119,"date":"2017-05-11T18:47:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T01:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=11119"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:49:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:49:29","slug":"the-line-atf-sting-appears-to-have-targeted-minorities-in-albuquerque","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-atf-sting-appears-to-have-targeted-minorities-in-albuquerque\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: ATF Sting Appears To Have Targeted Minorities In Albuquerque"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0PODLEK49A\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>May 12, 2017 \u2013 Independent journalist Jeff Proctor recently examined an ATF drug sting in Albuquerque that raised many questions about potential racial bias and whether the sting effectively targeted major drug dealers:&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/nmindepth.com\/2017\/05\/07\/feds-sting-ensnared-many-abq-blacks-not-worst-of-the-worst\/\">Feds\u2019 sting ensnared many ABQ blacks, not \u2018worst of the worst\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gene Grant and this week\u2019s Line opinion panelists react to the issues reported by Proctor, who is also a correspondent with <i>New Mexico in Focus<\/i>. Stay tuned for additional coverage of this issue on NMiF.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/b>Tom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR<br \/>\nEric Griego, former state senator<br \/>\nSophie Martin, attorney and editor of DukeCityFix.com<br \/>\nRachel Sams, editor of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/albuquerque\/\">Albuquerque Business First<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 12, 2017 \u2013 Independent journalist Jeff Proctor recently examined an ATF drug sting in Albuquerque that raised many questions about potential racial bias and whether the sting effectively targeted major drug dealers:&nbsp; Feds\u2019 sting ensnared many ABQ blacks, not \u2018worst of the worst\u2019 Gene Grant and this week\u2019s Line opinion panelists react to 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