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Episode 7: “The man behind an empire”
Aftereffect
English - July 09, 2018 16:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 420 ratingsDaily News News Society & Culture Documentary aftereffect arnaldo rios soto police shooting autism autistic Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For decades, Carlton Palms' elusive founder, Ken Mazik, has wielded his power and influence to sway members of Congress and state legislatures into bending the rules in his favor -- from scuttling laws that would limit the use of physical restraints, to securing permission from the state of Florida to amass a fortune in Medicaid funding.
As one of his former employees told us, "Ken Mazik made millions of dollars tying up little kids."