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Abner Louima,

Haitian immigrant brutalized by the New York City police when he was arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub. Officers Thomas Wiese, Thomas Bruder, Justin Volpe, and Charles Schwarz were accused of beating Louima, and Volpe is accused of sexually assaulting and torturing him.


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Tara Lipinski,1997 People in the NewsSir Paul McCartney

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