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Portland Family Files Lawsuit After SWAT Team Arrested Innocent 16-Year-Old at Gunpoint
January 21, 2026
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Jan. 21 -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release on Jan. 20, 2026:

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Portland Family Files Lawsuit After SWAT Team Arrested Innocent 16-Year-Old at Gunpoint

Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) announced it has partnered with a Portland, Maine, family to file a federal civil-rights lawsuit seeking accountability. The lawsuit comes after police officers, backed by a SWAT team carrying rifles, mistakenly detaine . . .

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