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The investigation begins March 15th
The Wild West tells a familiar story.
A sheriff pins on a badge and brings law to a violent frontier.
But the historical record tells something very different.
The Badge Was the Business investigates the fragile system behind frontier law enforcement—and the impossible job of the men who wore the badge.
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