Word: statement
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...professors' statement, entitled "The Diallo Case is Far From Over," the professors do not explicitly condemn the jury's verdict, though they say it leaves wounds unhealed...
...statement mentions "the further pain felt by so many as a result of the recent acquittal of the officers on all counts," but goes no further in its characterization of the legal process...
...brunt of the statement is a call to reform the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and to reduce instances of police impropriety...
...statement's final recommendation is to use the Diallo incident to address the "problems of racism, conscious and subconscious...
...enough for leaders to question the competence of the prosecution, or to call for a Justice Department investigation, or even to empathize with outraged citizens," the statement reads. "This is also a moment for leaders to teach Americans about the continuing power of color in the lives of average people. We share the somber view of many that had Diallo been a European immigrant in a white neighborhood, he would be alive and unharmed today...