The four white policemen who fired 41 bullets at the young African immigrant; 19 hit their mark. Prosecutors brought six alternative charges against each of the cops; none of them stuck- neither counts of murder, nor the two manslaughter; not homicide, not reckless endangerment. All officers were acquitted.,p>

No New York City police officer has ever been convicted of murder for actions in the line of duty. A grand jury charged a New York officer with murder only once before, in 1992, but the charges were reduced and the officer was acquitted.

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