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World● Low1h ago · Nov 4, 2026, 6:28 PM

Jury awards $200K to Mexican tourist in ‘fart police’ translation mixup that led to excessive force

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A Mexican musician said he neither heard nor understood police commands during a raid on a Colorado home in 2023

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