One of the acquitted officers in the Diallo case, Kenneth Boss, was
also                                           involved in the killing of
Patrick Bailey in 1997, another unarmed man
who                                           was shot 27 times in
Brooklyn, he said.

"This took place less than two years prior to the Diallo killing," said Mos
Def.
"At this rate, can we expect the hail of 55 bullets to be unloaded on
another                                           New Yorker by next fall?
Sixty nine bullets the fall after that? To New Yorkers who feel that this
is a 'Black' issue, I say this is a HUMAN issue. To those tinkering with
the semantics of 'crime' and 'tragedy,' I say what happened that night in
the Bronx was both. To people who seek justice, to the
Amadou                  Diallo family, and to everyone who speaks against
oppression, I say,                  FEAR NOT, Allah is the best of judges."


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