BBCNEWS Witness History September 30, 2021 00:45:00
All i wanted was to cross the ocean and come to new york and find out why my child would be gunned down like that. amadou was my first born. i had him when i was just 16 years old. he was very shy but he was gentle. anger and disbelief from the community where amadou diallo lived. holding their wallets aloft, they asked how the four officers could possibly have mistaken mr diallo's wallet for a gun. when i arrived in new york i said, you have to take me where my son lived and died. i remember seeing the bullet wounds on the wall. i remember picking up my son's clothes, bringing it to my face j...