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Unfiled Lawsuit Protected Speech

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Retaliation, Retaliation for Litigating, Police, Police Chases. Location: New Mexico.

The plaintiff got a traffic ticket for reckless driving for an incident in
which he was injured after a police chase. His attorney then wrote letters
to law enforcement demanding that all evidence be preserved, and then he
was charged with six criminal counts of reckless driving and resisting and ...

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