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Cops and Robbers
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The Stranger
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September 4, 2008
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SPD Program Trains the Next Generation of Cops
Two police cars, lights flashing, race into a gravel-covered parking lot next to a rail yard in Georgetown, boxing in a small red coupe. A voice booms over the patrol car's PA system, ordering the driver out of the car.
A young man in a plain white T-shirt steps out. The arresting officers, guns pulled, order him to walk slowly toward the two patrol cars. When he gets close, one of the officers, dressed in SWAT-style fatigues, handcuffs him and pushes him to the ground. The young man in white grunts, then bursts into giggles. So does the crowd of teenagers who've gathered to watch the scene play out.
"All right, let's freeze it here," says ...
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