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Given the mental history of the person involved, was the Lone Star cops liable for this womans injuries?

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Police In Texas Held Woman's Face Down To Fire Ants, Federal Lawsuit Says

A Texas woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing police officers of hogtying her and pressing her face down to a pile of fire ants as she was arrested in front of her child.
Body-camera footage released last week shows the incident at the center of Taylor Rogers’ suit, which was first filed in July and then amended in January.

On Aug. 19, 2021, Rogers, a mother from Galveston County, was driving her 9-year-old son to school when a police officer for the Santa Fe Independent School District “came down running” to Rogers’ car and told her to stop, the lawsuit stated. She began to panic and then drove the wrong way.

“Ms. Rogers suffers from mental illness,” the suit said, adding that she also has post-traumatic stress disorder from a previous incident involving officers who were present that day.

Ruben Espinoza of the Santa Fe ISD Police Department allegedly rammed Rogers’ vehicle while her son was still inside. Another officer, Christian Carranza, arrived at the scene and “immediately slammed” Rogers down to the ground and handcuffed her, according to the lawsuit.

“Carranza twisted Plaintiff’s leg with excessive force, hog tied her and buried her face in a pile of fire ants leaving the Plaintiffs’ face and body in excruciating pain,” the lawsuit stated.

Video of the arrest shows Rogers screaming in pain and calling for help, saying that ants were on her face.
During the encounter, another officer told Rogers that her son was in the car watching, the lawsuit said, and she tried to remain quiet so her child could not hear her being “tortured.”

“We saw the video... And it shows three or four officers just hanging around watching,” the lawyer said at the press conference.

Given the mental history of the person involved, was the Lone Star cops liable for this womans injuries?
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