Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by the arresting officer's brief and unsolicited mention, while giving a narrative of the arrest, that defendant directed a racial epithet at him. Any error in the admission of the statement was harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of defendant's guilt and the fact that testimony as to defendant's similar expressions of bias against the victims was already in evidence (see People v Crimmins,
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