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...battle-scarred Clinton didn't lose a New York minute over the House inquiry--after all, she's survived the mother of all investigations with Ken Starr. The New York legislature, meanwhile, is looking into whether Giuliani broke the law by unsealing Dorismond's records. The last time a sitting New York City mayor was investigated was in 1932, and Mayor Jimmy Walker was dismissed from his job. Giuliani may want to consider saying he's sorry and letting Patrick Dorismond rest in peace...
...demand for workshops like this is one measure of the fallout from the recent wave of highly publicized police shootings and alleged abuses of African Americans and other minorities. Episodes like the fatal shootings of Amadou Diallo and Patrick Dorismond by undercover cops in New York City have raised an outcry against brutal police tactics and racial profiling. But they have also sent a warning into the homes of ordinary families, who are increasingly taking steps to make sure their kids don't do the wrong thing when they come face to face with the police. Says Quartimon: "Today...
...settlement comes hard on the heels of the Patrick Dorismond case, in which Giuliani irked even some of his most strident supporters by bad-mouthing an unarmed black man who was shot to death by police in a botched buy-and-bust operation. Observers on both sides of the aisle complained that the mayor's handling of the Dorismond incident showed insensitivity and proved that he's incapable of reaching out to those who aren't his traditional supporters. Following the mayor's salvos against Dorismond, which included releasing the dead man's sealed juvenile criminal record, Clinton took...