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...detective John Kelly (David Caruso), a red-haired department veteran going through a painful divorce, and Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz), his hotheaded, battle-fatigued partner. Some of Bochco's devices have become too facile and familiar (the shaky, hand-held camera; a major character who takes six slugs at point-blank range and survives miraculously the following week). But his storytelling skills have never been sharper, and his favorite theme -- the clash between institutions and people, between the law and justice -- has never been dramatized at a higher, more compelling pitch...
Outside the official investigation, a different story began to circulate. News organizations quoted two witnesses as saying policemen held Grams down after he was captured and shot him to death at point-blank range. Said Joanna Baron, a sales-clerk at a station food stand: "Two policemen walked up to Grams, who was lying motionless. One bent over and shot him several times from close up. Then the second officer shot at Grams, but more at his stomach and legs. He shot several times." The subsequent medical examination supported eyewitness accounts: it showed that the shot that caused the fatal...
...minute later, Rice took a pass from sophomore attacker Dan Nicklas at point-blank range and scored easily...
...talk about a real climax--BC won a draw deep in the Husky zone with 1.9 seconds left and their goalie pulled. The puck came straight to Eagle captain Jack Callahan, who fired point-blank from the slot in search of a hat-trick for himself and overtime for his team. But goalie Mike Vesior came up big, and Northeastern, took home all the beans that a third-place pot can hold...
...dispute they deemed dangerous -- only to find the man was a black plainclothes officer, Derwin Pannell. The white officers involved claim Pannell had his gun drawn (he was stopping a fare beater). He says his weapon was holstered and he was startled when his colleagues fired at him from point-blank range. Partially paralyzed, he is suing the city for $70 million...