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VIDEO: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest VIDEO: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest
Video: Paterson Officer Pepper-Sprays Member Of Angry Crowd Who Refuses To Retreat After Arrest What had been a weekend of shooting violence in Paterson exploded Sunday when a melee erupted after a witness claimed that police struck a fleeing suspect with a patrol car. A cell phone video posted by another man on Facebook shows him being hit with pepper spray after refusing several commands by uniformed officers to get back as their colleagues tried lifting the suspect off the ground and into a patrol car. "I can't see," he shouts, running down the street with the video still recording before he falls. "I can't breathe," he says, as police try to reassure him. ***…

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by Jerry DeMarco