Daniel Nowomlynski, a 32-year-old man, died in New York, New York, on September 16, 1977, after a long, uneven fight to survive injuries that began with a sudden eruption of street violence. In the account preserved on law-enforcement memorial sites, what ended his life was not a single instant, but a chain of damage that kept tightening its grip as the months passed.
The assault that set everything in motion came when he moved to assist another officer and was confronted by members of a
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