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UNITY, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills declined to comment on a Maine Monitor/Bangor Daily News investigation into a Maine State Police trooper who repeatedly punched a handcuffed man in the head.

“I read part of the story, but what I did read was that the individual in question has gotten a lawyer and he’s suing the state,” the Democratic governor told a reporter during an appearance at the Common Ground Fair in Unity on Friday afternoon.

“I’m not sure it’d be appropriate for me

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