In the autumn of 1995, Washington, D.C. mourned the loss of one of its own, 28-year-old Metropolitan Police Department Officer Scot Shaffer Lewis. A two-year veteran of the force, Lewis was known for his preference for communication over confrontation, a man who would rather use a joke to diffuse a tense situation than resort to force. He was a man who, by all accounts, relished the opportunity to interact with the citizens he served.
On the evening of Friday, October 6, 1995, Officer Lew
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