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A Paterson woman charged with threatening and assaulting a police officer has hit back at police, saying she?s the one who was roughed up. Damiana Baez, 22, was arrested last Wednesday after police were

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A Paterson woman charged with threatening and assaulting a police officer has hit back at police, saying she?s the one who was roughed up. Damiana Baez, 22, was arrested last Wednesday after police were

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