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Amadou Diallo

Hawa Bah, mother of Mohamed Bah, leaves meeting with acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim about the case against the police officer who killed her son in 2012.

Feds Dropping Case of African Man Killed by NYPD

The acting U.S. Attorney Joon Kim said that he is not moving forward with a case against a police officer who killed an emotionally disturbed man in Harlem.
By Madina Toure
Former Assemblyman Keith Wright, left, with retired Congressman Charles Rangel.

Manhattan Democratic Boss Eyes Harlem State Senate Seat

Keith Wright told the Observer he is interested in seeking the State Senate seat of Bill Perkins, who is running for City Council.
By Will Bredderman
A police officer keeps Randolph Holder's funeral announcement in his hat (Photo by Christopher Gregory/Getty Images).

To Combat Gun Crimes, Resurrect the NYPD’s Street Crime Unit

Before it was finally disbanded by Ray Kelly in 2002, the SCU – even then still less than 2% of the NYPD cops – were reportedly responsible for 40% of NYPD gun seizures in the city. But in the years before Diallo was shot, the SCU had tripled in size, from just 137 cops to 438 in 1997. (There were 380 in the unit by February of 1999, shortly after Diallo had been killed.) Before the expansion, the SCU recruited its members among highly qualified veteran cops, who were all closely supervised in their activities. The SCU’s commander, then-Captain Richard Savage, who vigorously opposed the expansion, was quoted as saying, "I used the selection process as a secret tool; personally interviewed everyone. I looked at arrest activity. They had to be highly recommended by their commanding officer". Savage also personally reviewed each prospective SCU recruit’s personnel file for evidence that the kind of “energetic” street cops he wanted were not the “abusive” street cops he feared: departmental charges, shootings, or civilian complaints could easily eliminate even highly recommended veteran cops from consideration. “ I wanted people with no departmental charges in the police trial room, no prior shootings and no civilian complaints,” Savage was quoted as saying.
By J.G. Collins
Common wet wipes have become "demon snowballs" in the NYC sewage system. (Photo: Sergio Calleja/Flickr)

Afternoon Bulletin: Wet Wipes are the Bane of NY Sewer’s Existence and More

By Jennifer Neufeld
Gov. Andrew Cuomo (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images).

Cuomo Calls for Statewide Police Reforms After ‘Damning’ Garner Video

By Will Bredderman

Yusef, Amadou and Kimani: East Flatbush Shooting Injects Race Into Election

By Fred Siegel

A Candidate Named Diallo

By Azi Paybarah

Crime Waves: Denied Love and Killer Milkmen

By Molly Fischer

Ruben Diaz on Sean Bell Verdict

By Azi Paybarah

Events for Thursday, February 1, 2007

By Observer Staff

Silent March

By Observer Staff

Al Sharpton and Una Clarke

By Observer Staff

Clarke on Racial Carpetbagging

By Observer Staff

Self-Inflicted Wounds Doom Ferrer’s Campaign

By Niall Stanage

Self-Inflicted Wounds Doom Ferrer’s Campaign

By Niall Stanage

Ferrer’s Sharpton Problem: The Reverend May Walk

By Ben Smith

Fingering Freddy

By Observer Staff

The Bronx Is Burning

By Observer Staff

The Crime Blotter

By Ralph Gardner Jr.

Rampage in Central Park May Signal Changing Times

By Richard Brookhiser

A Redemption Song: Reverend Springsteen Plays the Garden

By Frank DiGiacomo

Amadou Lives at Marie Runyon’s Dinner Table

By Russ Baker

City Can’t Be Content With Rudy’s Successes

By Richard Brookhiser

Thanks to Moronic Liberals, ‘Dinkins Time’ May Return

By Richard Brookhiser
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