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Excessive Force

California Highway Patrol officers fired 14 shots at a driver on the side of the road after mistaking his broken-down car's backfire noises for gunshots, he claims in a federal complaint.

SAN JOSE, Calif. - California Highway Patrol officers fired 14 shots at a driver on the side of the road after mistaking his broken-down car's backfire noises for gunshots, he claims in a federal complaint.

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