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Podcast: Law Enforcement Talk: True Crime and Trauma Stories
Episode: Police Officer's Gunfight and Unrest
Description: Police Officer's Gunfight and Unrest After in NYC. Special Episode. A fight over a gun almost claimed his life. Shot To Pieces. He’s a retired Cop, A Poet and an Author.
During his career as a cop with the NYPD he was shot at a dozen times. In one arrest the suspect tried to kill him. During the life or death battle over a gun, he was forced to shoot the suspect, who died from the injuries. The reaction from the Mayor at the time, and the news media reports led to riots. Politicians pursued a homi...