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DIALLO'S ONLY CRIME WAS THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN "Only in black and minority neighborhoods are cops allowed to kill first and ask questions later." March 9, 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Today, Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) and the Congressional Black Caucus sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno urging the Department of Justice to investigate the facts surrounding the Diallo shooting to determine what kind of Federal action is warranted. "It is unconscionable that all four white police officers could kill an innocent, unarmed black man and be found innocent of second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, and even reckless endangerment," stated McKinney. The Department of Justice has to determine whether federal civil rights charges can be brought against the individual officers. "Forty-one shots fired at Diallo, nineteen that took his life is evidence in itself to bring civil rights charges against the cops," stated McKinney. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and the Congressional Black Caucus believe that the Justice Department should send a message to police departments across the nation that excessive use of force against people of color will be sanctioned at the highest level of the federal government so that Amado Diallo will not have died in vain. |
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