Border Agents Beat Veteran's Excessive Force Suit At 5th Circ.
By Dorothy Atkins ( October 23, 2020, 10:29 PM EDT) -- The Fifth Circuit on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers of assaulting and wrongfully arresting a now-deceased retired and disabled military veteran at the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, finding that the officers didn't use excessive force and they're protected by qualified immunity....
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