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Police Misconduct

A federal judge refused to dismiss a civil rights claim by a black motorist who claims he was arrested “merely because he had looked at” an Austin police officer.

AUSTIN — A federal judge refused to dismiss a civil rights claim by a black motorist who claims he was arrested “merely because he had looked at” an Austin police officer. The judge also “is concerned by defendant counsel's repeated mischaracterization of the facts and law in this case."

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