In the fading light of a late Friday afternoon on January 25, 2008, a young, off-duty Mount Vernon police officer named Christopher Alexander Ridley found himself in a situation that would tragically end his life. The 23-year-old African American man was in White Plains, New York, near the intersection of Court Street and Martine Avenue when he witnessed an altercation between two homeless men. Driven by a commitment to protect and serve, even when not on the clock, Ridley stepped in to interven
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