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Article: Bulletproof Vests Are Proliferating in D.C., P.G. Drug Areas
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- May 7, 1990
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It was after midnight one morning when two gunmen with
semiautomatic weapons burst into an auto repair shop in Northeast
Washington and sprayed it with bullets, wounding one man and killing
another.
As the gunmen fled down 14th Street, an off-duty D.C. Police
officer-filling his car with gas at a station nearby-ordered them to
stop. They turned and fired toward the officer, Clarence D. Douglas,
who returned fire with his police handgun.
"The bullet hit the man's jacket, and ripples went through the
clothing," recalled D.C. firearms instructor Larry Melton. "But the
guy wouldn't go down. The officer knew he was hitting him because he
told me that he saw the clothing waft. Then it dawned on ...
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Article: SANCHEZ TO HOLD BULLETPROOF VEST GRANT APPLICATION SESSION/DEMONSTRATION
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July 2, 1998 ;
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......714)621-0102, ext.11 SANCHEZ TO HOLD BULLETPROOF VEST GRANT APPLICATION SESSION/DEMONSTRATION...Federal grants made possible by the Bulletproof Vest Sanchez Partnership Grant Act (H...agencies to help them purchase more bulletproof vest for their officers. Sanchez will be...
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