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...federal judge who led the commission that exposed police corruption in New York City in the early 1970s; in New York City. Mayor John Lindsay recruited the onetime editor of the Harvard Law Review in 1970 to head what would become the Knapp Commission. The report by Knapp's 30member team led to the establishment of an undercover anticorruption unit in the police department--and a featured part for the commission in the popular 1973 film Serpico. After the inquiry, President Nixon appointed Knapp to the federal bench, where he served until his death...
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