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  • NY governor vows to examine undercover police procedures

    05/08/2008 6:09:28 PM PDT · by SmithL · 8 replies · 416+ views
    AP via SFGate ^ | 5/8/8 | JENNIFER PELTZ, Associated Press Writer
    NEW YORK, (AP) -- Gov. David Paterson pledged to examine undercover police conduct on Thursday, a day after more than 200 people were arrested protesting the acquittal of three detectives involved in the shooting death of an unarmed man. Paterson said he understood the activists' frustrations as he stood with the slain man's fiancee and the Rev. Al Sharpton, who were among the demonstrators arrested while disrupting evening rush hour traffic. But the governor stopped short of endorsing their actions. "No civil servant can condone civil disobedience," Paterson said, but he added: "They felt that they had no other choice...