📄 Story tips, resources & support 👉 https://www.thinblueliesmedia.com Submit police accountability tips, bodycam footage, public records, court documents, and local story leads. Colorado State Patrol concluded Trooper Amber Garcia used excessive force after activating her Taser seven times during a traffic stop. The agency also said Garcia was not certified or authorized to carry the Taser and accused her of falsifying training records, dishonesty, and violating its core values. State Patrol fired her. District Attorney Anne Kelly rejected those findings, declined criminal charges, called the force justified—and later hired Garcia as an investigator. One agency fired her. The other called her the best candidate. Watch the full investigation on the Thin Blue Lies channel. #PoliceAccountability #PoliceMisconduct #ColoradoStatePatrol #Bodycam #ExcessiveForce #Taser

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