As his kitchen television silently aired CNN’s footage of the chaos the day after five white Dallas police officers were killed by a black sniper during a peaceful demonstration, Malvernite and New York City Police Detective Steven McDonald was listening to a speech by Robert F. Kennedy, made nearly 50 years ago, on the day after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination.
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By Rossana Weitekamp
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7/12/16
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Jeffrey B. Wortmann, a 53-year volunteer for the Merrick Fire Department who trained many of the department’s current leaders, died on Nov. 22 after a long illness. Wortmann, who had been named an honorary chief of the department, was 71.
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By Scott Brinton
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12/3/15
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Intolerance seems like an uncomplicated issue: Most rational people would agree it has no place in civil society. Yet it persists . . .
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10/23/14
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Bill Bratton, the commissioner of the New York City Police Department, has decades of professional experience in law enforcement. He is decorated and well recognized in the field . . .
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8/20/14
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A Brooklyn man who shot a Mepham High School graduate in the head and killed another woman was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2012 incidents, Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes said.
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By Julie Mansmann
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7/30/13
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