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Danroy 'D.J.' Henry shooting: Police officers misled public after shooting, lawyer says

Photographs of slain college football player Danroy Henry

Photo credit: AP | Photographs of slain college football player Danroy Henry Jr., center right and left, are seen arranged together with other family photos at the Henry family home in Easton, Mass. (April 20, 2011)

The first police account of an officer's fatal shooting of Pace University football player Danroy Henry Jr. was purposely misleading and served as a faulty "script" for the investigation, a lawyer for Henry's parents said Thursday.

The lawyer, Michael Sussman, alleged that the district attorney's office was in on the deception. And he said the episode demonstrated the need for a special state...

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