On a spring day in 1972, what began as a routine attempt to serve a warrant in the small town of McDougal, Arkansas, quickly devolved into a tragic and violent encounter that would claim the lives of three law enforcement officers. Clay County Sheriff Douglas Lucian Batey, a 50-year-old White/Caucasian male, was a four-year veteran of the department. On April 6th, he was accompanied by two of his deputies, Glendal Ray Archer and Troy Key, as they drove to a residence just outside of town to serv ...
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