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...fired 41 bullets at the young African immigrant; 19 hit their mark. Prosecutors brought six alternative charges against each of the cops; none of them stuck--neither of the counts of murder, nor the two of manslaughter; not homicide, not reckless endangerment. On Friday, as TV cameras recorded the verdict in an Albany, N.Y., courtroom, the only words that registered were "not guilty," drummed out again and again, 24 times by the time the last defendant was fully cleared. About 140 miles to the south, in New York City, where the killing took place, where it was deemed too explosive...
...courtroom, as the first "not guilty" sounded, the dead man's mother had allowed herself a measure of despair. Her shoulders slumped; her bearing, which had been formidable in the face of four weeks of graphic testimony, finally gave way. As the 24th verdict was uttered, she clutched her brother's hand. Then, with the court adjourned, Kadiatou Diallo walked out, tears streaming down her face, refusing to make eye contact with the four defendants and their families, who were giving themselves up to elation, hugging and making the sign of the cross. The Muslim woman, her ex-husband beside...
...those senatorial wannabes, Hillary Clinton and New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, both played to type earlier in the tragedy. She called the killing a murder. He lashed out at those who criticized the cops, calling the demonstrations silly, and saw his mayoral approval rating plummet. After the verdict last week, Giuliani reached out to the Diallo family but spent as much energy calling on angry citizens to "put their prejudices and biases aside. We have racism in New York...We also have a vicious form of antipolice bias." The First Lady, who had already apologized for the murder remark...
Maria Hsia sat stoically as a Washington jury convicted her on five counts of illegal fund-raising Thursday; it's not hard to imagine Al Gore cringing at the news of the verdict. With the economy in good shape, the Cold War a distant memory and impeachment hearings a not-so-distant one, candidate character consistently ranks near the top of voter opinion polls in this year's presidential race. And Gore's connection to the Clinton-Gore Asian fund-raising muddle is one of his most prominent pressure points. While prosecutors argued that Hsia, the California immigration consultant...
...time to get beyond the small fry," said Republican National Chairman Jim Nicholson in a statement that immediately followed the verdict "and take on the major players like Al Gore." A videotape of Gore's appearance at the Buddhist temple, which has heretofore been embargoed by prosecutors in the Hsia case, is certain to become perennial GOP fodder as the presidential race turns from intra-party rivalry to a battle of the giants...