Joseph Piagentini, a 28-year-old Caucasian male, was a five-year veteran of the New York City Police Department. On the evening of May 21, 1971, he was on foot patrol with his partner, Officer Waverly Jones, in the Colonial Park Houses public housing complex in Harlem. What began as a response to a reported disturbance would tragically end as a calculated and brutal ambush.
Around 10:00 p.m., as the two officers were heading back to their patrol car, they were ambushed by members of the B
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