On a July morning in 1963, the life of Cynthia Scott, a 24-year-old African American woman, was cut short on a Detroit street. She was walking home with a male companion in the early hours when they were stopped by two white police officers, Theodore Spicher and his partner, Robert Marshall. An altercation ensued, and Spicher sought to arrest Scott. The situation escalated rapidly, and as Scott walked away, she was shot twice by Officer Spicher, with one of the bullets piercing her heart and kil
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