“Police Brutality (Special Report)” facts on file. Issues & controversies. Web. March 2009 This article points out several different cases involving police brutality linked to New York City police departments. In the case of Amadou Diallo four plainclothes officers shot and killed the 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea while he was sitting in his home in the Bronx. Mistaking his wallet for a gun he was shot at 41 times, 19 of the shots hit him. The jury, racially mixed, acquitted the officers on all charges. An African American juror stated race was not a factor that when putting themselves in shoes of officers that the officer genuinely believed they were being shot at (par 3, 4). in the case of Abner Louima, while in
“Police Brutality (Special Report)” facts on file. Issues & controversies. Web. March 2009 This article points out several different cases involving police brutality linked to New York City police departments. In the case of Amadou Diallo four plainclothes officers shot and killed the 22-year-old immigrant from Guinea while he was sitting in his home in the Bronx. Mistaking his wallet for a gun he was shot at 41 times, 19 of the shots hit him. The jury, racially mixed, acquitted the officers on all charges. An African American juror stated race was not a factor that when putting themselves in shoes of officers that the officer genuinely believed they were being shot at (par 3, 4). in the case of Abner Louima, while in