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Amadou Diallo

Why racial profiling doesn't work: Terrorist attacks have been carried out by people of all ethnicities. What police need to look for is strange behavior, not dark skin.; By Kim Zetter Aug 22, 2005
Cincinnati's killer cops: Black leaders want the feds to investigate the city's trigger-happy police. They shouldn't hold their breath.; By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Apr 14, 2001
My son loves cops: How and when do I tell him about Amadou Diallo?; By Valeria Russ Jul 26, 2000
Springsteen's anti-NYPD song tells it like it is: "It's nice to see him taking a stand"; Jun 15, 2000
When cops become combat troops: The controversial use of force to seize Elian Gonzalez is just business as usual in the war on drugs.; By Bonnie Bucqueroux May 2, 2000
He's tough, but he isn't crazy: Why does everyone want to put Rudy Giuliani on the couch when he throws a temper tantrum?; By Robert A. George Mar 29, 2000
Why Howard Safir must go: Rudy Giuliani's police commissioner has offered nothing but knee-jerk support for police officers who have killed three unarmed black men in 13 months. He should resign.; By Jonathan Foreman Mar 22, 2000
Rudy's favorite smear: You're nuts!: But what does his penchant for psychobabble tell us about the mayor's own mental health?; By Anna Holmes Mar 22, 2000
Real Life Rock Top 10: By Greil Marcus Mar 20, 2000
A tale of two killings: Did politics play a role when Rudy Giuliani demanded a federal civil rights suit against the killer of Yankel Rosenbaum, but opposed one in the Diallo case? Ya think?; By Jesse Drucker Mar 1, 2000
Diallo is a martyr, but the cops aren't murderers: Racism didn't kill the African immigrant, but his death has forced the police and the community to reckon better with one another.; By Stanley Crouch Mar 1, 2000
Willful misbehavior or tragic accident?: The Justice Department would have a tough time proving police deprived Diallo of his civil rights when they shot him, one expert says.; By Daryl Lindsey Feb 29, 2000
Brutal verdict: Behind the acquittal of four officers is a clear indictment of standard police procedure in Giuliani's New York.; By Bruce Shapiro Feb 26, 2000
How will the acquittal play in the Giuliani-Clinton Senate race?: "Let's move this out of politics," the mayor says. Fat chance, when his opponent's husband gets to decide whether federal civil rights laws apply.; By Jesse Drucker Feb 26, 2000
The beating goes on: Just another acquittal of police officers who killed a black man. I'm angry, but I'm not surprised.; By Jill Nelson Feb 26, 2000
Playing politics with death: Protesting the police killing of Amadou Diallo is no way to organize a movement for social justice.; By Jim Sleeper Feb 24, 2000
Pity the poor immigrant: The cast of characters in the Diallo trial -- from Rudy's NYPD to the Rev. Al Sharpton -- is priceless, so why does TV drag in Bernhard Goetz?; By Sean Elder Feb 9, 2000
He vs. she, part 1: Even new resident Monica can't handle this one, as Rudy and Hillary prepare to take their fearsome domestic quarrel to upstate New York.; By Jake Tapper Sep 24, 1999
Cops in the 'hood: Does it help to have police live in the neighborhoods they patrol?; By Debra Dickerson Jun 14, 1999
Is sodomy with a stick worse than death?: The outcry over Justin Volpe's abuse of Abner Louima -- compared with comparative silence about decades of police killings -- suggests assaulting someone's manhood is worse than killing him.; By Jill Nelson May 26, 1999
The false trade-off: As New York struggles to rein in its police department, Boston brags about reducing crime and police brutality at the same time.; By Michael Crowley Apr 27, 1999
Wake-up call: Police brutality has long been a problem for African-Americans, but it took immigrant blacks being brutalized for New Yorkers to take notice.; By Joel Dreyfuss Feb 12, 1999
The trouble with Rudy: Reaction to the killing of an African street vendor by police shows the growing protest power of the city's immigrant communities.; By Neal Pollack Feb 12, 1999

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