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Diallo, an unarmed immigrant from West Africa, was shot and killed by four New York City police officers in February 1999. The police officers said they mistook him for a rape suspect and mistook a wallet in his hand...
...course no one should be shot for pulling a wallet from his pocket, as Diallo was. But look at the incident from a policeman's point of view. If we are going to put a cop on the street late at night in an area of the city known to have a high crime rate, he has the right to protect himself without fearing that if he does react to a threat he will be put in jail. I sympathize with the Diallo family, but I also feel for the police officers, who put their lives on the line each...
Walsh and her committee will then compile the practical information imparted into wallet-size booklets...
...wallet was stolen from Ma Soba...
MAGNETIC CHARGE Though testimonials abound about the power of magnets to relieve pain, a small pilot study suggests that they may not relieve anything but your wallet. Patients wore either a real magnet or a fake--neither the subjects nor the researchers knew which--every other day for six hours. After a week, there was no statistically significant difference in pain or range of motion between the two groups. But don't demagnetize yet. Longer and larger studies are still needed...