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Ousmane Zongo Case

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In May 2003, police raided a warehouse known for pirating CDs and DVDs. Ousmane Zongo works in the same warehouse as a repair man, repair musical instruments and was present in the warehouse on the day the police raided the area. Police officer Bryan Conroy, dressed in disguise as a postal worker, guarding a bin of CDs at the warehouse when Ousmane entered the warehouse and turned on the light. The postal worker aimed a gun at him, Zongo was unaware of what was going on, he ran and Officer Conroy chased after him. Once Zongo hit a dead end officer Conroy shot Zongo four times, two of them hit Zongo in the back. NYPD admitted Zongo was irrelevant and had nothing to do with the case. Officer Conroy was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide,
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