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about the first black NYPD officer Sam Battle, who rose through the ranks to be a Sergeant then Lieutenant then Parole Commissioner despite institutional racism and even death threats, and also held the record of the largest baby born in North Carolina at 16 pounds.

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Fun Fact: about the first black NYPD officer Sam Battle, who rose through the ranks to be a Sergeant then Lieutenant then Parole Commissioner despite institutional racism and even death threats, and also held the record of the largest baby born in North Carolina…at 16 pounds.

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