50,000 Queried on Attendance at Racist Event
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WASHINGTON — At least 50,000 government workers are being individually questioned as officials try to determine who attended the controversial “Good Ol’ Boys Roundup,” an annual gathering of law enforcement officials that purportedly included racist activity, Administration officials said Tuesday.
The federal employees work in law enforcement agencies at the Treasury and Justice departments, and the most recent round of questioning has prompted protests from some workers at the U.S. Customs Service who contend that the questions violate their constitutional rights to privacy and freedom of association.
A videotape and other descriptions of the roundups in the mountain town of Ocoee, Tenn., depicted a banner containing a racial slur and vendors selling T-shirts showing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in gun-sight cross hairs.
Tuesday, a video producer who saw the original tape said it was possible the footage had been doctored, adding to the confusion about what happened at the gathering.
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