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  • A fellow police officer told him, "All faggots should be shot."Harrington says that he was transferred five times and, in each precinct, faced the same amount of hostility. He was given rookie-level tasks like foot patrol and escorting suspects to Central Booking. He is seeking unspecified damages.

  • 2007_07_gun.jpgLast week, the Mayor and other city officials announced a new public service campaign to highlight the new penalties for illegal gun possession in New York, such as longer mandatory minimum sentences of 3.5 years. Citizens Crime Commission of NYC president Richard Aborn said during the press conference, "Almost 70 percent of murders in New York City are committed with firearms and the vast majority of those weapons are illegal." As it happened, there were many shootings this past weekend:

    A rookie police officer on duty in Corona, Queens was attacked by a baseball bat-wielding man at 1:20 this morning. The man beat the cop - and then stole the cop's gun.

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