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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Mitch Weiss and Jeff Martin

Tennessee family's lawsuit says video long kept from them shows police force, not drugs, killed son

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A mother whose son was having a seizure in his Tennessee apartment said in a federal lawsuit that police and paramedics subjected the 23-year-old to “inhumane acts of violence” instead of treating him, then covered up their use of deadly force.

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