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Brickbat: Long Arm of the Law

Charles Oliver | 7.12.2013 7:30 AM


Mansfield, Louisiana, police officer Tamara Jackson Brown has been charged with domestic violence, aggravated battery and unauthorized entry after beating her husband. Brown, who was in uniform at the time, drove her patrol car to her husband's house forced her way in and struck him with her flashlight.

Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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