Sources: Lawsuit Looms Against SLED
Sources tell FITSNews a lawsuit is looming against the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) over what is alleged to have been the botched execution of...
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Sheriff Sign Scandal: Richland County Deputy Busted!
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PROTECTING AND SERVING? OR PLAYING DIRTY POLITICS? We typically don’t care about scandals involving political yard signs. Seriously … they’re political yard signs. People who...
Nikki Haley And Leon Lott Are Still Fighting
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GOVERNOR, LOCAL SHERIFF AT ODDS OVER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PLEDGE … S.C. governor Nikki Haley and Richland County, S.C. sheriff Leon Lott are bickering with each...
Bizarre Richland County Sheriff’s Video Surfaces
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SOUTH CAROLINA’S “WAR ON DRUGS” HAS A NEW CHAMPION George Becker heads up Richland County (S.C.) sheriff Leon Lott‘s “drug suppression team,” which according to its website...
Richland County Club Beating Puts Leon Lott On The Spot
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IT WASN’T POLICE BRUTALITY … BUT DID SHERIFF PUT “STOP THE VIOLENCE” VICTIM FIRST? A leader of South Carolina’s “Stop the Violence” movement was brutally beaten,...
Richland County Sheriff Draws A Challenger
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JAMES FLOWERS FILES TO RUN AGAINST LEON LOTT A former investigator with the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) has filed to run for sheriff...
Letter: SCDOT Employee Attacked An Elderly Veteran
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(The letter below was submitted this week to S.C. Department of Transportation director Christy Hall, Richland County, S.C. Sheriff Leon Lott and S.C. Department of...
Law Firm Raising Funds For Spring Valley Student
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A law firm run by S.C. House minority leader Todd Rutherford is soliciting funds for Spring Valley High School student Niya Kenny, who was arrested...
Ben Fields’ Fallout
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COPS IN GOVERNMENT-RUN SCHOOLS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE The firing of Richland County, S.C. deputy Ben Fields in the aftermath of his violent arrest of an unruly...
Spring Valley High School “Arrest” Video Goes Viral
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WHITE MALE COP VIDEOTAPED “ARRESTING” BLACK FEMALE STUDENT The Richland County (S.C.) Sheriff’s Department has a serious issue on its hands … In a disturbing video...