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...divisive controversies. The agency faces a class action by black agents who claim widespread discrimination and intimidation, including the posting at one office of a "State of Oklahoma Nigger Hunting License." Last week charges resurfaced that ATF agents attended a racist gathering in Tennessee, the annual "Good O' Boys Roundup." Agents complain too of a management culture that doles harsh discipline to agents but goes to great lengths to protect its managers. In one case, a former head of its Dallas office who sexually harassed an employee received a demotion and transfer -- to the Virgin Islands. "Any agent...
...find a place on the broadcast agenda for another justice and Treasury department probe: the "Good Ol' Boy" hearings. Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who convened the inquiry today, said sealed affidavits claimed rape and narcotics use may have occurred at one of the "Good Ol' Boys Roundups," an annual gathering staged for federal, state and local law enforcement officers since 1980 in rural Tennessee. Making matters worse, two black agents ofthe Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, one retired and one active, depicted Roundup organizer Gene Rightmyer as a man who went...
Regie Miller's late jumper gave Indiana a 94-90 win. Roundup of the night's NBA action. Page...
Capitals Nab Whalers Capitals' Casey records second career shutout in 5-0 win. Today's NHL roundup. Page...
Just whose land is it anyway? in the West that question is pitting citizens, counties and states against the Federal Government--in more ways than one. Two weeks ago, Roundup, Montana, saw more action than it has in quite a spell. The first arrests took place when two men showed up at the sheriff's office and tried to file some homespun legal papers on behalf of their fellow "freemen," a loose group that opposes taxes, gun restrictions and federal regulation. Both were arrested for carrying concealed weapons. Then three more men drove up to the office, and one opened...