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Why Is Amadou Diloo: Necessary Or Unlawful?

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With this in mind, the shooting of twenty-two year old Amadou Diallo, an African immigrant, involved four officers of the Bronx Street Crimes Unit who fired 41 shots at him, but only 19 shots actually hit (). Not to mention, Amadou was unarmed and had no criminal record (). The police officers believed he was the rape suspect they were looking for and mistakenly identified his wallet as a gun (). On the other hand, the only way police are obligated to shoot or kill an individual is when an armed suspect chooses to refuse give up a weapon or threatens the safety of others. So if Amadou was unarmed, why did he come across 19 bullets? Better yet, why were 41 shots fired at an unarmed individual? He had no weapon, he had no criminal record, and

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