Word: diallo
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...February, BSA joined with other student groups to protest the acquittal of the police officers who shot Amadou Diallo, an unarmed black West African immigrant...
Johnson said the campaign is, in part, a response to the motto of the New York Police Department's Street Crimes Unit, "we own the streets." The officers who shot Diallo belonged to the special unit...
When four white New York City undercover officers were acquitted in February of charges that they murdered African immigrant Amadou Diallo, they may have hoped their legal troubles were over. In fact, they may just be beginning. On Tuesday, Diallo's parents filed civil charges against the policemen and the city. It's a hefty suit, complete with symbolism-laden monetary demands: Kadiatou and Saikou Diallo are asking $20 million in damages and $41 million for pain and suffering - one million dollars for every bullet fired on their unarmed...
...cited many cases of racial profiling, including the case of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant who was shot at 41 times in the vestibule of his own apartment building in February...
Cochran and Ogletree praised the work of students who have been active in protest of the Diallo verdict and police tactics, drawing comparisons to influential civil rights movement member Rosa Parks...