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Tackled Attorney

An attorney tackled to the ground and dragged out of the Lowndes County courthouse by a security guard for refusing to walk through a metal detector may sue the county for failing to hire sufficiently trained law enforcement officers, a federal judge ruled.

ABERDEEN, Miss. — An attorney tackled to the ground and dragged out of the Lowndes County courthouse by a security guard for refusing to walk through a metal detector may sue the county for failing to hire sufficiently trained law enforcement officers, a federal judge ruled.

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