By Evan Jenkins
The sentence spoke of "actions which authorities charge ultimately led to Officer Guidice's death." For clarity's sake, and to preserve a nicety of the language, we ought to save "authorities" for people with great knowledge in their fields — experts. The law-enforcement types are usually better described as "the authorities."
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