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June 11, 2021

Texas Sheriff Deputy Placed on Leave for Tasering Teenage Honduran Asylum Seeker
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In Bexar County, Texas, a sheriff's deputy has been placed on
administrative leave after video surfaced of him tasering a 16-year-old
Honduran asylum seeker at the Southwest Key Casa Blanca shelter in San
Antonio last year. Patrick Divers was placed on leave after Reveal from
The Center for Investigative Reporting published video of the tasering.
Congressmember Joaquin Castro is calling for a federal investigation
into what happened. Click here to see our interview with Aura Bogado,
who broke the story.


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