142: 41 Shots: The Killing of Amadou Diallo (Trial By Media Episode 3)

True Crime Obsessed

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🗓️ 28 July 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In the early hours of February 4, 1999, 23-year-old Amadou Dialo, an unarmed black man standing on the steps of his apartment building, was fatally shot by four plain clothes New York City police officers. The officers shot 41 times with 19 of the bullets striking Dialo. The four officers were charged with second degree murder as New York City was taken over by protests and and demonstrations in response to the shooting. And of course, the whole thing was covered by Court TV.

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0:00.0	Sometimes you just need to get away.
0:02.8	And for the Aglewall family, it was well over June.
0:05.5	They wanted to know exactly what they were getting,
0:08.0	like knowing their kids stay and eat a delicious breakfast for free!
0:11.6	Yes!
0:12.6	And no need to look heavy bags, with free parking at over 500 hotels.
0:17.4	Enjoy the same feeling whatever the trip.
0:19.8	Premier in, rest easy.
0:21.9	Only available to book at premierin.com.
0:24.5	Season C's apply, of two kids stay and eat breakfast free with a full-paying adult.
0:29.9	I have news to report, kind of.
0:31.7	It's not necessarily breaking news, but it's like something that happened.
0:34.5	Slowly reporting news, regular news.
0:39.8	Yeah, just news.
0:41.8	Talk to me.
0:43.8	Remember, like, a couple episodes ago I had to sort of clarify,
0:46.9	I do have an AC, but I can't be on when we record.
0:50.8	So I got, I can't remember if it was a DM or like a comment in the Facebook group,
0:54.2	but someone was like, hey girl, like put some sheets or like a pillowcase or something
0:58.6	in the freezer overnight.
1:00.6	Is it working?
1:01.6	It is!
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