Q&A
Other police killings during Giuliani's administration
2:51:14
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Council Member Hudson discusses other instances of police killings during the Giuliani administration, including the cases of Amadou Diallo and Patrick Dorismond. She questions Mastro about his continued support for Giuliani despite these incidents.
- Hudson mentions the killing of Amadou Diallo in 1999 by officers who fired 41 shots
- She also discusses the killing of Patrick Dorismond in 2000 and Giuliani's subsequent smear campaign against him
- Hudson criticizes Mastro for remaining in Giuliani's orbit even after these incidents
- Mastro responds briefly, denying that New Yorkers should fear he will always side with the powerful over marginalized communities
Crystal Hudson
2:51:14
Thank you.
2:51:15
After this, other New Yorkers would unjustly be killed by NYPD officers during the Giuliani administration.
2:51:21
In 1999, an unarmed Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by officers in the infamous street crimes unit who discharged 41 shots.
2:51:28
In 2000 undercover police officers shot and killed Patrick Dorizmond, a father of 2 children, and to smear Mister Dorsmon in the middle of his US senate campaign, Mister Giuliani released Dorsmon's sealed juvenile delinquency records.
2:51:41
I've named just a few individuals here, but there were countless instances of police violence that experts have concluded where the outgrowth of hyperaggress of policing that Mister Giuliani had instituted.
2:51:52
While Mister Giuliani has justified this brutality by saying it was a necessary cost to ensure public safety, we all now know better.
2:52:00
Crime dropped nationwide during this pure period and had already been dropping in the city during the Jenkins administration, as I noted earlier.
2:52:07
Despite all of this, you continued to remain in Mister Giuliani's orbit even after you left his administration in 1998.
2:52:15
You supported his 2008 campaign for president.
2:52:18
And for decades, you use your considerable legal talents to defend and champion arguably the 1 New Yorker who in modern times has had the worst record on police accountability.
2:52:28
Mister Mastro aren't New Yorkers right to fear that you will always side with the powerful over marginalized communities and remain loyal to the person who puts you in power rather than to delivering justice?
Randy Mastro
2:52:40
No.