Ronald Stapleton

In the winter of 1977, a dedicated New York City Police Officer named Ronald Stapleton, a 32-year-old man, found his life irrevocably altered in the line of duty, even while off the clock. On the evening of Sunday, December 18th, in the parking lot of a tavern on Knapp Street in Brooklyn, Officer Stapleton attempted to intervene in a robbery. His courageous actions were met with brutal violence. Two assailants attacked him with a meat hook, went as far as to gouge out his eye, and then used his ...

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