In the early morning hours of July 9, 2007, a routine traffic stop in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn turned into a scene of devastating violence that would ultimately claim the life of a young police officer. Russel Timoshenko, a 23-year-old male officer with the New York Police Department, was on patrol with his partner, Officer Herman Yan, when they noticed a suspicious BMW with a license plate that did not match the vehicle. The officers signaled for the car to pull over, unaware of th
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