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...policeman can shoot 41 shots in[to] a man in the vestibule of his own home and the defense is 'I thought he had a gun'--no evidence, just 'I thought'," he said...
...Coming on the heels of Thomas Penfield Jackson's finding against Microsoft and state court actions brought against gun manufacturers, the Florida verdict seems to shore up a trend in which the public is turning to the courts and local governments - rather than to federal politicians - to seek redress against powerful special interests. It also explains why the Washington lobbyists would want to spread their gospel beyond the Beltway. "The judge will always instruct the jury that they're only to base their judgment on the facts of this case and not accept any outside influence," says TIME legal analyst...
...March 16th, a few weeks after the acquittal of the four NYPD officers who killed Amadou Diallo after mistaking his black wallet for a gun, Patrick Dorismond, a Haitian security guard, was killed while scuffling with undercover police posing as drug buyers. These are the facts on which all sides can agree: Dorismond grew indignant when the apparent strangers assumed he possessed drugs, a fight ensued and Officer Vasquez's gun was discharged into his chest, killing...
Other pertinent facts remain unclear. The officers contend that Dorismond ignored shouts of "Police" and lunged for Officer's Vasquez's gun, which discharged accidentally, killing him. This story is contradicted by an eyewitness who maintains that Vasquez threw the first punch and never identified himself as a police officer...
...headline reads: "Unarmed black man shot by police: hidden bottle of Guinness mistaken for gun...