Officer Cleared In 2008 Traffic Stop Shooting

BOSTON — Ending a six-year legal saga, a federal judge has ruled in favor of Yarmouth police Officer Christopher Van Ness, finding that the officer did not use excessive force when he shot and killed Andre Luiz de Castro Martins in 2008.

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