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The Wrong Man

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Shane Rhooms spent three weeks in jail after New York City police offices identified him as the man who shot at them when they spotted him smoking marijuana in Brooklyn. Fortunately for Rhooms, security video and cell phone records showed he was attending a concert in Manhattan at the time of the shooting. Police officials say they stand by the officers and still think Rhooms is guilty. But the New York Daily News reports that one of those officers, Lt. Robert Henderson, has been named in eight federal lawsuits over the past decade that have cost the city more than $500,000.