Amadou Diallo.
Shot 19 times out of 41 shots fired by officers, he was producing the ID, they asked for before opening fire, no convictions on the officers.
Abner Louima
Sodomized with a plunger by NYPD.
Won a lawsuit, but no wrongdoing admitted by the department as part of the plea bargain.
Sean Bell.
Shot at 50 times by multiple cops, unarmed of course, and once again in the city of New York.
I am sorry, and will catch crap for this, but you reap what you sow.
At least in the case of NYC PD, the police are repugnant, and the only thing that separates them from criminals is the badge and legal firearms. (try owning a handgun in NYC)
Even the Rodney King beaters got off, so it is not localized to NYC, but a part of our institutional sickness, where cronyism outdoes right, and justice , all day, every day.
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If Hitler invaded Hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.
-Winston Churchill-
The most fascinating man in the world.
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