New documentary not cause of resignations, Sheriff Youngblood says

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By Gary Meyer, TME

When four members of the Kern County Sheriff’s Community Advisory Council (CAC) suddenly resigned on Thursday, Feb. 9, media outlets immediately began drawing a connection to a hard-hitting documentary series that premiered on Hulu, February 3. The series is about law enforcement in Kern County and is titled “Killing County.”

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood held a press conference the following morning, Feb. 10 to dispel what he referred to as “lies” about the resignations spread by…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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