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NEW YORK: The similarities are striking: A young black man dies in a hail of police bullets, and when the chaos clears, it turns out he was unarmed.
When 23-year-old Sean Bell was killed last weekend, it brought to mind another 23-year-old — Amadou Diallo, a West African immigrant shot to death by four white police officers in 1999. And there have been others killed by police in controversial circumstances, including Patrick Dorismond, Ousmane Zongo and Timothy Stansbury.
One difference, though, was that the officers involved in the latest shooting were not just white. Th... Read more
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Detroit Free Press - United St
16 January 2008
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Detroit cop testifies police o
After responding to a suspected drunken-driving crash involving a police official, Detroit cop Carl Chuney watched another high-ranking official clean up small wine bottles from inside and outside the car, Chuney testified Tuesday.
Chuney testified in the trial of former Cmdr. John Autrey in Wayne County Circuit Court. Autrey is charged with tampering with evidence and misconduct in office.
Chuney told jurors that he responded to the April 28 crash about 2:10 a.m. at Seymour and Hayes, where Police Cmdr. Todd Bettison had crashed a department-issued Chevrolet Impala into a telephone pole. Bettison was hospitalized.
Chuney said Autrey showed up several hours later and retrieved a wine bottle from inside the car and three wine bottles scattered outside the car. He said Autrey put the bottles in a bag and into his police car.
"Is that standard procedure?" asked Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Robert Donaldson. "No," Chuney responded.
Under questioning by defense lawyer Michael Rataj, Chuney acknowledged that Autrey also picked up a foam food container and energy drink cans from the scene. He said a sergeant at the hospital later told him that all reports were to be put on hold. Chuney testified that when he finally wrote a report May 2, he later found it marked "void" in the computer system.
Bettison was charged with drunken driving and possession of a firearm while driving drunk, both misdemeanors. He remains on the job, and his trial is to begin Friday.
Autrey retired after prosecutors issued the charges. The misconduct in office charge is punishable by up to 5 years in prison. The evidence tampering charge is punishable by up to 4 years. Testimony continues today in Judge Michael Callahan's courtroom.
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