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Federal Task Forces and Holding Corrupt Local Cops Accountable

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What Happened to Heather Waker in St. Paul?

St. Paul police officer put together fictitious story alleging 30 Somali immigrants were involved in big sex trafficking conspiracy. She convinced US attorneys in Tennessee to indict about 30 people, but every single one of them was acquitted. Heather Waker then called officers on the scene and had them arrest Ephraiah and her friends; she lied that they'd been tampering with a federal witness. The girls spent two years in federal custody before one of them had charges dismissed against her and the other two were acquitted by a jury.

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