Is This a Drug Insurrection Unit?

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I remember he was wearing a white tea shirta blue jeans. His hand gun was fully extended out, and he fired a round om in our direction, into te centr of the three of us. He fired one round or more, i don't know. Ii distinctly remember one round, but i couldn't tell you if you fired more or not. Ok. So you him with his weapon, arm extended, he fired around watt place of that. M, once that happened, um, my first instinct was, we're being shot at. And so i ias, i had an a r 15Um that was issued tho the drug inforcement unit. Um, i point

“I didn’t do what they said I did. And it was like, I don’t know how to disprove the police. I mean, it’s my word against theirs. I don’t really stand a chance.”

In 2015, the 15th Circuit Drug Enforcement Unit in South Carolina gave a confidential informant $100 to buy marijuana from Julian Betton. And then they broke down his door. Officers David Belue, Chris Dennis, and Frank Waddell shot at Julian an estimated 29 times.

We speak with Julian Betton and Jonny McCoy.

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