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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Why it appears that it nuh apply to some? And even though it has happened time and again ... most of the time ... the murderers go free.
Why it appears that it nuh apply to some? And even though it has happened time and again ... most of the time ... the murderers go free.
- Feb 1999: African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot to death at the front door of his Bronx apartment building by four officers who said he fit the description of a rape suspect. They mistook his wallet for a gun. The officers were acquitted. Diallo's mother received a $3 million settlement.
- March 2000: Patrick Dorismond, a security guard, is shot to death by an undercover narcotics detective during a scuffle in Manhattan. A grand jury cleared the officer of wrongdoing. The city paid $2.25 million to Dorismond's family.
- May 2003: African immigrant Ousmane Zongo is shot in a warehouse by police investigating counterfeit CDs and DVDs. Zongo had no connection. The officer was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and sentenced to five years' probation and 500 hours of community service. Zongo's family got a $3 million settlement. (The only one that the police officer was found guilty).
- January 2004: Timothy Stansbury, a 19-year-old, is fatally shot by an officer apparently startled by their sudden encounter on the roof of a Brooklyn housing project. The officer was cleared of all charges. The city agreed to pay Stansbury's family $2 million.
- November 2006: Sean Bell, a 23-year-old, is shot to death, and two unarmed companions wounded, by undercover officers on duty at a strip club in Queens. Bell was to have been married later in the day.