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Body Cam Battle Over Border Shooting | Tucson News
Three Border Patrol agents are fighting for qualified immunity in a high-stakes lawsuit over the fatal shooting of unarmed man Raymond Mattia on tribal land, with the Ninth Circuit weighing whether body camera footage — allegedly edited and incomplete — justifies dismissing the case. The family argues the video’s manipulation undermines justice and that their only witness died at the hands of the agents, while defense attorneys claim the estate has already admitted the footage as evidence. Judges probe inconsistencies in the defense’s claims about Mattia’s knife toss, questioning how they can…
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