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Authorities described the suspect as a heavyset man wearing a tie-dye sweatshirt and blue pants.

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“Snakes!” a heavyset lady calls, sloshing through mud past us.

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He is heavyset and tall, and he uses his physicality to project strength in front of crowds.

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A tall, heavyset, soft-spoken Black man, always in a black winter coat no matter the season, he lived under the public gaze for years with no address, shifting from one bus shelter to another.

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York is accused of forcing the heavyset Greene to lie facedown and handcuffed for more than nine minutes, which use-of-force experts said likely restricted his breathing.

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