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Bloomberg: Police Shooting was “Unacceptable” and “Inexplicable”

HeadlineNov 28, 2006

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.

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