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* [[Domestic Abuse]]: {{spoiler|Deputy Pell beats up his wife when he finds out that she has helped the FBI.}}
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|The Mayor}}
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* [[Grey and Black Morality]]: Toward the end, once the FBI adopts Anderson's preferred tactics.
* [[Groin Attack]]: Anderson inflicts one on a Klansman.
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* [[Mighty Whitey]]: The two FBI agents who come in to speak on the behalf of those oppressed and end up bringing national attention to the situation in the South. In truth, the civil rights movement in the area was already thriving and FBI agents investigated the Klan only under heavy pressure from the President.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Many of Ward's well-intentioned, by-the-book actions early in the film make the white population of Jessup County feel angry and threatened, which only makes matters worse for the black community. Anderson calls him out on this, to no avail (at least initially).
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* [[Scary Black Man]]: The FBI brings in a professional Scary Black Man to intimidate the corrupt mayor into revealing who committed a hate crime.
* [[The Sheriff]]: Jessup County's sheriff does ''not'' appreciate FBI interference in his county's affairs, {{spoiler|since he's in league with the Klan himself}}.
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