Tuesday, January 06, 2004
$73,000 a shot
The family of the murdered Amadou Diallo has just been awarded $3 million. Left I remembers when New York City police picketed Madison Square Garden because Bruce Springsteen was inside performing his moving tribute to Diallo (and indictment of American police brutality), 41 Shots, and when the now-venerated Rudy Giuliani was outspoken in defense of his murderous police force. Also not to be forgotten is that the police who murdered the unarmed Diallo were acquitted of criminal charges.
