![]() The jury deliberated for three days before acquitting the officers of second-degree murder. All of the officers testified they never considered the idea that Diallo might have lived in the building. Officer Carroll was the first to notice Diallo and testified that the victim was “acting suspiciously” and “slinking” back to the stoop of the building. The four officers in question were Kenneth Boss, 28, Sean Carroll, 37, Edward McMellon, 27, and Richard Murphy, 27. ![]() The officers said they thought he had a gun, which later turned out to be his wallet, and that he fit the “general description” of a serial rapist, according to the New York Times coverage of the verdict. In February 1999, Diallo was returning to his building when four officers, dressed in plain clothes as part of the Street Crime Unit, approached him and fired 41 shots, hitting him 19 times.
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