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Wednesday, April 23, 2025

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Mental crisis

EL PASO, Texas — A Texas federal court denied a disability rights group’s effort to sue El Paso police on behalf of someone who was shot with a taser, beanbag and a bullet during a mental crisis. The group is not authorized under federal law to investigate and obtain the records it is seeking from the police department.

Read the ruling here.

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