Changes in Policing Take Hold in One of the Nation’s Most Dangerous Cities - The New York Times
Joseph Goldstein
For several minutes, the officers formed a cordon around the man and walked with him for a few blocks, trying to clear traffic ahead and periodically instructing him to drop the knife.
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