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  2. Dirty Thirty (NYPD) - Wikipedia

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    The "Dirty 30" were mostly stationed at the 30th Precinct in Harlem, Upper Manhattan. At the time, the area was known as the “cocaine capital of the world” to locals and law enforcement. [3] Police corruption was extremely high around this time, and the Mollen Commission was created to help investigate and eradicate corruption within the NYPD.

  3. Palm Sunday massacre (homicide) - Wikipedia

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    The sole survivor, an infant girl, was raised by her grandmother. Joanne Jaffe, at the time a "beat cop" and by 2014 the highest ranking female officer in the New York City Police Department, was assigned to the infant girl, and stayed in contact with her as she grew up. The girl lived with Jaffe starting at age 14.

  4. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue - Wikipedia

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    The first television performance of "Slaughter" was on NBC-TV's Garroway at Large program in 1950 or 1951, with the NBC Chicago studio orchestra under the direction of Joseph Gallichio. [ 2 ] Slaughter on Tenth Avenue entered the repertoire of the New York City Ballet in 1968, first danced by Suzanne Farrell and Arthur Mitchell .

  5. Timeline of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Despite intense media interest and an attempt to solve the enigma by Poe, the crime remains one of the most puzzling unsolved murders of New York City. 1842 Croton Aqueduct begins operating. [7] Barnum's American Museum and Dodworth dancing school [49] in business. Philharmonic Society of New York [50] and Board of Education [7] established. 1844

  6. Category:Murder in New York City - Wikipedia

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    Murder–suicides in New York City (3 C, 15 P) People murdered in New York City (2 C, ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...

  7. List of shootings in New York - Wikipedia

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    Event Location Date Number killed Description Murder of Stanford White: Manhattan, New York City: June 25, 1906: 1: Joseph Bowne Elwell: New York City: June 11, 1920: 1: Unsolved

  8. Willie Bosket - Wikipedia

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    Bosket was tried for the murders in New York City's family court. As the trial was underway, Bosket surprised his own lawyer by pleading guilty to both murders. He was sentenced to a maximum of five years in the Goshen Youth Facility. Although prosecutors tried to get a longer sentence, five years was the most they could get under the law, at ...

  9. East Harlem Purple Gang - Wikipedia

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    The East Harlem Purple Gang was a gang and organized crime group in New York City consisting of Italian-American hit-men and heroin dealers who were semi-independent from the Italian-American Mafia and, according to federal prosecutors, dominated heroin distribution in East Harlem, Italian Harlem, and the Bronx during the 1970s and early 1980s.