Cocke County's infamy grows
15th Nov 2006, 00:54 GMT
From the LA Times: A county of bad ol' boys To many Tennesseans, Cocke County is the place their parents warned them about, the butt of hillbilly jokes, the last redoubt of an old, untamed Appalachia. For decades this poor and dramatically beautiful area, north of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, was a haven for moonshiners and bootleggers who evaded federal tax agents by hiding in its rugged hills and hollows. It was also known for its brothels and chop shops, its illegal bars and gambling, its shakedowns and drugs and stadium-sized cockfight pits — and its rampant public corruption. There was a time when people called it "Little Chicago." Via Joe Powell, who brings us this: Not a good day when you're lying handcuffed on the deck of your own home and deputies tell you that you've been murdered. Yet, that's what happened according to one Cocke County couple, who have filed a $12 million lawsuit against the deputies and the sheriff's department. They also state in their lawsuit that officers provided no warrant either.
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