STOCKBRIDGE — Like the rain, the outcome was chilling.
It had been almost six hours since a loud blast, either from tear gas or a flashing grenade, shook the quiet Eagles Ridge subdivision, a blast followed by gunfire.
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And democrats want to defund the police.
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