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‘Culture of impunity’: San Marcos police facing civil rights lawsuits for using Taser on 2 people, including man who is deaf
Read full article: ‘Culture of impunity’: San Marcos police facing civil rights lawsuits for using Taser on 2 people, including man who is deafA pair of lawsuits pending in federal court in Austin accuse San Marcos police of quickly resorting to the use of stun guns to violate the civil rights of two men in separate incidents.
Ex-San Marcos police sergeant who killed woman in crash hit with federal lawsuit in unrelated stun gun incident
Read full article: Ex-San Marcos police sergeant who killed woman in crash hit with federal lawsuit in unrelated stun gun incidentThe suit, filed in federal court in Austin Tuesday, accuses ex-sergeant Ryan Hartman of using his department-issued stun gun in January 2021 on a compliant man who was following Hartman’s instructions after exiting the backseat of the car he was riding in.