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The family of a Black sheriff's deputy in Louisiana is speaking out after they were denied a burial spot for him at a local cemetery due to its "whites only" policy.
Darrell Semien of the Allen Parish Sheriff's Office died on Sunday at the age of 55, according to his online obituary.
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When Semien's wife went to Oaklin Springs Cemetery in Oberlin to make funeral arraignments, she was refused a plot because he was not white, KPLC-TV reported.