The shooting of Amadou Diallo, an innocent man, stunned New York City and the nation. I join in urging calm in the wake of the verdict.
The shooting of Amadou Diallo, an innocent man, stunned New York City and the nation. I join in urging calm in the wake of the verdict.
And, as a matter of fact, I am the chairman of the Amadou Diallo Foundation.
I need to tell you about Amadou and his sweet soul so that his life and memory will have meaning to those who only know about him through some newspaper articles,
We're going to use this Amadou Diallo case to stop this in these United States once and for all. Just like we needed the federal government to come into Alabama and Mississippi 30 years ago, we need the federal government to come into New York to deal with the police today.
We grieve for Amadou Diallo and the four officers involved and pray they get a fair trial,
It was a total mistake on both parties. Our student wasn't in the right position, and he wasn't under the right mentality. And Amadou, who's a good kid, probably made a mistake pushing him. You want your fans to be crazy, but I really think this was a mistake.
After you fought so hard for Amadou Diallo, after you went to jail for Amadou Diallo, how can you then turn around and say that you think it was justified
I don't know what went wrong that night. I just know that he (Amadou) was in the right place because he lived here, ... He was going in the place where he lived.
The killing of Amadou was wrong. The family with the people together will want to achieve justice in peace.
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