Obituaries

Derrick Parker, the former NYPD detective who became widely known as the department’s “Hip-Hop Cop,” has died. He was 65 years old. As spotted on The New York Times, Parker died July 24 at a hospital in East Meadow, N.Y., after suffering a heart attack, according to his brother Strickland Parker. His death closes the […]

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