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Alberta Spruill
United States · Aged 57 · Died 05/16/2003
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New York City police conducted an early-morning no-knock SWAT-style raid on Spruill's apartment, based on bad information provided by a drug dealer, and in pursuit of a suspect who was already in custody. The shock of the raid caused the long-time city employee to have a fatal heart attack on the way to the hospital. The city paid her family $1.6M.
Alleged responsible partyCity of New York Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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