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A weekly newspaper writer sued the Rio Arriba (New Mexico) County sheriff, claiming a pattern of retaliation and withholding of information after she wrote a series of unflattering stories about an officer using a Taser on a 15-year-old special needs student.

SANTA FE, N.M. — A weekly newspaper writer sued the Rio Arriba (New Mexico) County sheriff, claiming a pattern of retaliation and withholding of information after she wrote a series of unflattering stories about an officer using a Taser on a 15-year-old special needs student.

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