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• Locations: News By James Steindler Published Feb. 24, 2021

  Local arrest stirs controversy

  Michael Francisco speaks with his attorney Michael Edminister after a hearing on Feb 8. Photo by James Steindler.

  Michael Francisco has lived in Carbondale for 10 years. He grew up in Belize, where his father was a police officer, before moving to Los Angeles (LA) when he was 15. He is currently 54 years old. In Belize, Francisco was not familiar with racial profiling as a law enforcement… read more →