Dinkins, Lawmakers Arrested at Protest
From Times Wire Reports
Former New York Mayor David N. Dinkins and two congressmen were among 14 people arrested as they protested last month’s fatal police shooting of an unarmed West African immigrant. Reps. Charles B. Rangel and Gregory Meeks, both Democrats, as well as the Rev. Al Sharpton, were part of those arrested at police headquarters and charged with criminal trespass. Police fired 41 shots at Amadou Diallo on Feb. 4, hitting him 19 times.
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