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NEW YORK — A police pursuit of a crime suspect in a Honda CR-V brought a bad turn to the career of NYPD Officer Darrell Scraper, who lost 25 vacation days when his spotless disciplinary record was tarnished by charges he needlessly fired his gun nine times at the car. He missed every shot, New York Police Department investigators found. The CR-V driver got away, and Scraper had to take his punishment after admitting in the NYPD trial room that, in the words of the judge who heard his case, “he was wrong to fire his weapon” since he wasn’t in any personal danger. The trouble began around 3:30 a…

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