Griffin’s Reviews > The War on Alcohol: Prohibition and the Rise of the American State > Status Update
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"Poorly trained Prohibition Bureau officials were, according to federal admissions, responsible for approximately 260 deaths in enforcement of the law. The Washington Herald put the number killed at over one thousand...one Border Patrol agent, reported to be a 'stone cold killer,' estimated that between 1924 and 1934 patrol agents alone had killed close to five hundred 'contrabandistas.'"
— Feb 27, 2026 08:47AM
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Griffin
is on page 237 of 352
for at least the second time, the year of Anton Cermak's election is given as 1930 instead of 1931
— Feb 28, 2026 09:37AM
