Retired police sergeant gets 6 months in prison for Taser attack on man in mental health crisis
U.S. District Judge Kenneth M. Karas told the retired Mount Vernon police sergeant, Mario Stewart, that it was necessary 'to send a clear message' to law enforcement that although policing is a 'really hard,' there are rules and 'where the line is clear, you cannot cross it.'
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