through the surface but most of the time it's just below the surface kind of simmering and when lyndall campbell was videotaped in his situation with the warren police those floodgates and all that anger came into the public very quickly you know it's interesting when you mention the thing with the steubenville newspaper i just quickly what do you think what do you believe leads to that kind of you know war that we're a local newspaper suddenly no longer believes local residents what what what makes you know what makes that happen what is it why do you believe you know why is that . happening. well it's a couple of things there was a very very vocal police chief that was in charge of the police department he would threaten anybody who criticize the police and the prosecutor was the same way he would charge anybody who made any kind of month's misconduct allegation with making false claims and so there was there was a atmosphere of great fear in the town and nobody wanted to go against the police chief or the prosecutor because of their awesome power to silence people and in warren even though th

city amenities but it isn't injured two thousand and three a videotape surfaced of one resident lyndall campbell being beaten by three white police officers these police officers were at least two hundred pounds each campbell was choked slammed against the pavement kicked punched and even gored multiple times with a metal object all in front of his family children and neighbors at the time officers claim that campbell who had been pulled over for failing to use this turn signal had stuff to crack cocaine into with mouth and they were only trying to save him but the video showed that this incident was about a lot more than a minor drug violation it painted a picture that many of always seen in pinpoint focus while others have struggled to see it clearly the law is above the law the city of warren is just one example of how small towns across america have been allowed to fly their brutality under the radar in the book blue mafia writer tim tolka investigates the town of warren as well as steubenville ohio and a civil rights attorney you took on small town corruption joining us now to discuss his b