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Yes, it's a good time to be a cop. A lynch mob calls for your head for that 4-second mistake, you are tried for murder by a prosecutor comparing you to a gang member, and after finally being acquitted, the President of the United States immediately calls for an investigation into the same incident

Did you catch that? It seems Clinton has finally found something he wants the Justice Department to investigate. Long before the jury had rendered its verdict, the

President's lovely wife, Hillary, called the shooting a "murder." By contrast, she welcomed a campaign contribution from Sean (Puffy) Combs-Wa "Puff Daddy," the rap music "entrepreneur," as the New York Times calls him, who is currently facing various felony firearms and bribery charges. Hillary's spokesman said she had no intention of returning Mr. Puff's contribution, because "We believe in the presumption of innocence."

Just not for white cops.

Not only the President and First Lady but also both Democratic candidates for President stated outright that the white cops shot Diallo because of his race. That's a difficult accusation to maintain in light of the fact that cops in Washington, D.C.-where the police force is heavily black-shoot civilians at five times the per capita rate of the New York City Police Department.

By contrast, in the '70s, the number of civilians killed by police in New York averaged 63 a year, according to Clyde Haberman, a reporter for the New York Times. Last year, only 11 were killed, one of whom happened to be Amadou Diallo.

By contrast, In the last two years 119 cops have been killed nationally in the line of duty.

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