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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A former New Mexico police officer charged with murder in a man’s death during a 2020 struggle with officers didn’t properly use a chokehold that gradually ended the man’s life, a prosecutor told jurors Monday in opening statements at the ex-officer’s trial.
Tribal leaders and advocates leading education reform in New Mexico launched their campaign to ask voters to support a ballot initiative that would take more money from the state’s $25.5 billion Land Grant Permanent Fund and spend it on public school students, including those in pre-K.
Christopher Smelser, 29, stands charged with second-degree murder. He is accused of killing Antonio Valenzuela
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis has been gaining attention and, after years of waiting, advocates are starting to see action.
If Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signs the legislation and grants the Attorney General’s Office authority to investigate and prosecute these incidents, reality will soon hit that it’s going to take time to establish services.