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San Bernardino: An Iraq war veteran has testified that a deputy ordered him to get up from the ground twice during a videotaped confrontation after a car chase and then shot him three times when he tried to comply. Senior Airman Elio Carrion said on Monday the deputy swore repeatedly at him as he tried to explain that he was in the military and was not a threat as he lay near the passenger-side door. "I said, 'I'm in the military, I'm in the [expletive] military. Believe me, we mean you no harm'," Carrion testified. "And the officer says, 'OK,...

CHINO - Civil rights activists and other members of the community plan to march Saturday in support of Air Force Senior Airman Elio Carrion, who was shot by a sheriff's deputy in January after a high-speed car chase. The march, beginning on Francis Street where the shooting occurred, will cover two miles and end at the Carrion family's church in Montclair. Activists hope the event will relieve some of the built-up emotional tension in the community over the incident. They also want it to make federal officials to take a closer look at past police shootings for possible civil rights...