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Indiana Deputy Attorney General Fired Over Threatening Twitter Posts

By Dana ChivvisFeb 24th 2011 – 11:36AM
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Indiana Deputy Attorney General Jeff Cox has been fired for remarks he made on Twitter last week, suggesting riot police in Wisconsin should use live ammunition when clearing protesters out of the Wisconsin Capitol building. The tweet led to a war of words between Cox and Mother Jones magazine editor Adam Weinstein, who...

Background on deputy attorney general

Deputy Attorney General (DAG) is the second-highest-ranking official in a department of justice or of law, in various governments of the world.

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