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So Ed and one of his patrolmen picked John up and put him in the car, and helped the daughter in.
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E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
The native of South Boston, Va., joined the force in 1985 and worked as a patrolman and a detective before becoming a sergeant in 2000.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
When a border guard (Barry Pepper) shoots and kills the young Mexican goat-herder of the title, the victim's gruff friend (Jones) kidnaps the patrolman and forces him to accompany Estrada's decomposing body to his Mexican hometown to bury him properly.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
In May 1969, on the sixth day of demonstrations over plans to develop land known as People’s Park, then-Gov. Ronald Reagan called in more than 2,000 National Guard troops and hundreds of highway patrolmen, who descended on campus with weapons.
—Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
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E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
The native of South Boston, Va., joined the force in 1985 and worked as a patrolman and a detective before becoming a sergeant in 2000.
—Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
When a border guard (Barry Pepper) shoots and kills the young Mexican goat-herder of the title, the victim's gruff friend (Jones) kidnaps the patrolman and forces him to accompany Estrada's decomposing body to his Mexican hometown to bury him properly.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
In May 1969, on the sixth day of demonstrations over plans to develop land known as People’s Park, then-Gov. Ronald Reagan called in more than 2,000 National Guard troops and hundreds of highway patrolmen, who descended on campus with weapons.
—Marisa Gerber, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2024
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