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A Psycho Cop, A Suspect's Face, And A Sizzling Car Hood

A Psycho Cop, A Suspect's Face, And A Sizzling Car Hood

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Dec 05, 2012
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On the hot summer afternoon of July 31, 2000, Ronald Spencer was walking to the barber shop when Police Officer Frank Tepper got out of a car and ran after him screaming, "Omar, Omar," and "Black hat, black hat."

Spencer wasn't named Omar, but he was wearing a black hat.

"When I turned to him, he had a gun pointed at me," Spencer testified in federal cour…

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