Here in New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg met with African-American leaders on Monday—two days after city police officers shot dead an unarmed 23-year-old man hours before his wedding. Bloomberg said it sounds like police used excessive force in the shooting.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg: “I can tell you that this is, to me, unacceptable or inexplicable how you can have 50-odd shots fired. But that’s up for the investigation to find out what really happened.”
We’ll have more on the police shooting in a few minutes.