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Death in Police Custody

A Texas appeals court denied the city of Austin immunity in a wrongful death suit filed by the family of a man who killed himself in the back of a squad car after police failed to discover he had a gun in his waistband.

AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas appeals court denied the city of Austin immunity in a wrongful-death suit filed by the family of a man who killed himself in the back of a squad car after police failed to discover he had a gun in his waistband.

Categories / Appeals, Civil Rights, Government

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