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in january 1993 katrina cook brownlee riddled with bullets was rushed to this hospital
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prosecutor carrie herzog this could have easily been a homicide but because of katrina's will to live and will to
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survive it wasn't katrina says she had already survived years of abuse by her fiance alex irvin
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a prison guard at rikers island i don't remember not having a black eye [Music] it was always something
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katrina says her calls to 911 always ended the same way and every time he would flash that badge
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and every time he flashed that badge they would walk away but there was no walking away from his
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final attack he opened the door and he pointed a gun to me and he shot me in my stomach
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and then he shot me again and ultimately he shot me 10 times a family friend happened by the house
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grabbed her and drove her to the hospital if he hadn't come by that house i wouldn't be talking to you
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incredibly katrina not only survived she focused on changing the system that had
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let her down why did you want to become a cop i wanted to become a good cop there's a difference
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yeah a good cop has empathy a good cop cares katrina cook brownlee became a top-ranked detective and one of the few
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black women in nypd history chosen to protect a new york city mayor i was a great cop
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