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Court largely sides with sheriff's deputies accused in lawsuit of using excessive force

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has largely sided with two white Louisiana sheriff's deputies in a lawsuit filed by a Black woman, rejecting her claims that they used excessive force against her as they investigated an allegation she had been riding a motorcycle without a helmet.

Teliah Perkins was arrested outside her home in 2020. She later sued two St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office …

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