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Excessive Force

A federal judge ruled that a woman who pleaded guilty to resisting arrest can still bring excessive-force claims against the Louisiana sheriff she says kneed her in the back and broke her shoulder.

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge ruled that a woman who pleaded guilty to resisting arrest can still bring excessive-force claims against the Louisiana sheriff she says kneed her in the back and broke her shoulder.

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