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Hunter Foster fired into his mother’s car, saying it threatened to hit him. His parents protested at Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s office, demanding a meeting after the AG’s office deemed the shooting appropriate. 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In addition, the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives began an investigation into a fire that damaged the Senatobia police building, though the cause of the blaze remains unclear."},{"type":"pullquote","text":"“Our baby’s life mattered,”","author":"Protestor, quoted in Washington Top News"},{"type":"heading","text":"What coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left‑rated digests mention the ATF investigation into the fire at the Senatobia police building. 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