On the night of July 24, 1987, defendant, a transit police officer on plainclothes patrol duty in the Christopher Street subway station, detained a college student for jumping a turnstile. When the student's friend intervened, apparently unaware that defendant was a police officer, the situation escalated, resulting in the charges and convictions under review.
While the trial lasted three...
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