Back Stories: Police-Involved Shooting Of Amadou Diallo
NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- In today's Back Story, WCBS anchor Wayne Cabot looks back on the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo.
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Diallo died after four NYPD officers mistook him for an accused rapist and shot him 41 times. What followed was anger, protest and political sparring.
