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NY mom Tasered at traffic stop files notice to sue

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A mother who was zapped with a police stun gun in front of her children during a traffic stop has filed notice that she'll sue the sheriff's department.

A police video captured by a dashboard camera shows Deputy Sean Andrews yanking Audra Harmon, 38, out of her minivan by the arm and knocking her down with two Taser shots in January.

Harmon was charged with disorderly...

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