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...federal action. But, says TIME columnist Jack White, two people will pay dearly for this verdict. "Rudy Giuliani and Bronx district attorney Robert T. Johnson are going to catch hell for this," says White. "Johnson screwed up this case so badly he'll never be elected again." Many Diallo supporters contend that Johnson's office was ill-prepared to handle this case. Giuliani, whose presumptive campaign for the U.S. Senate could hinge on the crucial New York City vote, was on television moments after the verdict was read. He offered his "sincere sympathy" to Diallo's family and, without irony...
That likely will not play well in the Soundview section of the Bronx, where, White says, "the entire black community is vibrating like a plucked string." On Friday and throughout the weekend, anguished crowds gathered into the evening on the block where Diallo was gunned down, some standing silently with candles, others incoherent in their anger. "My son could end up as the next Amadou Diallo," one young father cried...
...district attorney's office from presenting evidence explicating the dynamic between the street crime unit and the citizens they were charged with protecting - a discussion that might have touched on the racially charged aspects of this case. "We can say with a great deal of confidence that if Amadou Diallo were white, he wouldn't have died like this," says White...
...York City - and around the country - the police and the communities they serve will grapple with this verdict for some time. "People are in a state of shock and fury that these police officers could fire 41 shots at Diallo and walk away," says White. "The fact that there were four black women on the jury may serve to relieve at least some of the tension in the black community...
...aren't exactly home free; they could face administrative charges from within the police department, and may also be involved in a civil trial. In addition, Mary Jo White, the U.S. district attorney for the area, has indicated that her office will launch a federal investigation to determine whether Diallo's civil rights were violated - an investigation that could take years to complete...