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 ORLANDO (CN) - The police chief of an Orlando suburb may be liable after his officers allegedly fired three shots into an unarmed man with the mental capacity of a 9 year old, and then tried to stage a cover-up, a Florida federal judge ruled. Ronald Btesh suffers from several mental illnesses and severly diminished mental capacity, he claims through his guardian, Albert Btesh. After Btesh's Spanish-speaking, live-in caregiver called the police for help in December 2008, a 911 operator allegedly mishandled the report, did not request help from a Spanish-speaking co-worker and erroneously informed officers to respond to a rape and sexual battery. A second operator was then dismissive with the caregiver's English-speaking friend who also called to clarify the report, according to Btesh's complaint. Read More 
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