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Arizona Sheriff Deputy Tackles, Pins Down Teenage Quadruple Amputee

HeadlineNov 18, 2019

In Arizona, cellphone video footage has surfaced showing a sheriff’s deputy tackling and pinning a 15-year-old quadruple amputee to the ground. The boy was abandoned by his parents and lives in a group home in Tucson. The Pima County sheriff’s deputy was responding to calls from the facility about the teenager allegedly knocking over a trash can. The deputy has since been placed on administrative leave.

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