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Raleigh, North Carolina, police officer Jonathan Koeppen was attempting to apprehend a trespasser at a street corner on November 19, 2003, when the man suddenly pushed Koeppen to the ground. The suspect, Rudolph Sanders, then grabbed Koeppen's nightstick and was about to pummel the officer with it when two bystanders who witnessed the assault opted to become involved.
One bystander, Angela Adcox, later told Raleigh television station WNCN that "it was actually really scary. We didn't know exactly what was going on.... I just ran and jumped on [Sanders]." Then she "held him down until one of my coworkers tried to help pull the ...