Man sues after being shot in head by New Mexico sheriff

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico sheriff who shot an Arizona man in the head following a slow-speed chase in a front-loading tractor used excessive force and violated the man’s civil rights, a federal lawsuit claims.In court papers filed last week, an attorney for James McFarlin wrote that Roosevelt County Sheriff Malin Parker “acted with reckless indifference when he opened fire” on the then 48-year-old man in an open field nearly two years ago.McFarlin led authorit