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The killing of Amadou Diallo
When police in New York shot a young immigrant 41 times, thousands of people took to the streets to protest.
When police in New York shot a young immigrant 41 times in 1999, thousands of people took to the streets to protest. But Amadou Diallo's mother Kadiatou wanted her son to be remembered for the way he lived, not the way he died. So she flew to the US to speak on his behalf. She has been telling Sharon Hemans her story.
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