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Edwin Rios

Police stopped a Black couple in Tennessee – and took their children

The Nashville, Tennessee, skyline.
A couple were stopped by police outside Nashville, Tennessee, for minor citations, but the ordeal tore their family apart. Photograph: Mark Humphrey/AP

Nearly a month ago, Bianca Clayborne, Deonte Williams, and their five children were on their way from Georgia to Chicago for Clayborne’s uncle’s funeral when a highway patrol officer stopped them in Manchester, Tennessee.

That moment – about 60 miles outside Nashville – has since upended their lives as Clayborne and Williams try to regain custody of their children after they say state authorities “kidnapped” them on account of a minuscule amount of marijuana in the car, the Tennessee Lookout first reported.

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