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2016 Drug War Killings

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Seven More Drug War Deaths

The bad news is that drug war deaths just keep coming. The good news is that they seem to be coming just a bit less frequently.
Levonia Riggins. Unarmed, killed in his bedroom in a raid that netted two grams of weed. (family photo)
Levonia Riggins. Unarmed, killed in his bedroom in a raid that netted two grams of weed. (family photo)

A Long Hot Summer of Drug War Deaths [FEATURE]

An unarmed young black man killed in a raid that netted two grams of weed was only the latest to die at the hands of police in drug war violence.
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May Was a Bad Month for Drug War Deaths

Fully one-third of the people killed in the war on drugs so far this year died in the month of May. Is a long, hot summer ahead?