Word: diallo
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Because of the "48 hour rule" in New York City, the police officers involved had two days to confer with a police union labor lawyer, before making a comment to the public. Predictably, they offered a terse statement, saying they believed Diallo was a rape suspect who had been reaching...
...description of the rape suspect given to police officers was a "black man in his early 20s," an extremely vague and definitely broad description. And once the bullet-riddled body of Diallo was examined, all that was found on him were a beeper and a wallet. Diallo had no history of a criminal record...
...wake of Diallo's death, the people of New York looked to Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to reach out to the victim's parents and denounce the atrocity. Yet Giuliani, a former federal prosecutor and staunch defended of the NYPD, has not followed the lead of the Attorney General and others who have condemned the police officers for their actions. Instead, Guiliani points to N.Y. City's declining crime rate as an implicit justification for the city's aggressive crime fighting...
...anything, Diallo's death is an indication that lower crime rates have come at a great price. Civil liberties and, more importantly, out fundamental human rights are being sacrificed for the sake of "law and order...
...implications are ominous. Distrust between the black and Hispanic members of crime-redden areas and the white police officers who patrol them runs deep. In the past weeks, tension has gripped these communities, and racial conflicts have escalated. And as protesters stormed City Hall last week with Diallo as their symbol, there was a feeling of desperation. More and more minorities are starting to live in fear--not just of violent crime, but of the officers who are supposed to prevent...