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Albuquerque to Pay $6M for Police Killing of Mentally Ill Man

HeadlineJun 13, 2014

The city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been ordered to pay more than $6 million for the wrongful killing of a mentally ill resident in 2011. In a ruling this week, a district court judge found police were not acting in self-defense when they punched and shot Christopher Torres in his backyard. Torres, who had schizophrenia, was being served with an arrest warrant for aggravated assault. But the court said police failed to present the warrant, sparking a confrontation that led to Torres being shot dead. A recent Justice Department report found a pattern of excessive force in some 25 killings by Albuquerque police since 2010.

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