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Questions Surround Police Shooting Of Casey Christopher Goodson Jr. As Family Disputes Officers' Version Of Events - Blavity

The family of 23-year-old Casey Christopher Goodson Jr. is livid after a Franklin County SWAT Deputy, working with the U.S. Marshal's office fugitive task force, shot and

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