The Trial of the Police Officers in the Shooting Death of Amadou Diallo: A Headline Court Case
Author: Fireside, Bryna J.
Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level
8.7
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
20301
Points per Word
0.000197
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
Headline Court Cases
Description
This book discusses the shooting death of Guinea immigrant Amadou Diallo by four police officers in 1999, who claim Diallo was reaching for a gun, describes the resulting investigation and trial of the officers, and considers the racial issues.