On what was likely a typical Friday for 58-year-old John Gottfried, a 22-year veteran of the Newark Police Division, a routine trip to the bank during his lunch break turned into a scene of brutal violence that ended his life. On November 28, 1980, while waiting in line to cash a check, two armed men entered the bank and announced a robbery, ordering everyone to the floor. Gottfried, a male member of the Emergency Bureau, was not in his full uniform, with a personal coat concealing his service w
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