[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I went to Katlick hi skool in NYC, most of my classmates’ fathers were cops, the rest were firemen and the Italians were mafia, so the “Why’d you shoot him 44 times?” question/response was more or less part of the Canon.

My first cousin, not a Katlick, retired as a Lieutenant of Detectives on the Manhattan District Attorney’s homicide squad. He picked up a law degree before he retired and went into criminal law, often representing police officers on behalf of the PBA. In his twenty years on the job he never drew his revolver once. His firm came to represent the officers accused in the shooting of Amadou Diallo. He never directly expressed an opinion about the case, but the vibes I was getting was that he had a very low opinion of the behavior of the officers involved.

[VeniVidiVici]

He never directly expressed an opinion about the case, but the vibes I was getting was that he had a very low opinion of the behavior of the officers involved.

Considering Diallo didn't have a gun and didn't kill and wound cops or other civilians, I can see why.