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Kern County sheriff is caught on tape saying it costs less to kill suspects than to wound them

In blue California, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood has long bucked the liberal trend.

He's fought California's "sanctuary state" movement, asked that Kern be labeled a "law and order" county and stood up for deputies accused of misconduct.

When the county paid $3.4 million to the family of a man who died in a confrontation with his deputies, Youngblood opposed the settlement and chastised family members, wondering aloud whether they wished "their loved one hadn't been a

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