The following is a statement by the New York State Communist Party. When they make the decision to shoot, they must shoot to kill.
Nothing can justify officers drawing their guns and blazing away.
Diallo, Ferguson, and Dorismond were victims of racial profiling and the racist criminalization of Black and Brown youth. The police attempted to entice Dorismond into a sting operation. When he refused to anwer to the undercover officer's attempt to buy drugs, he was attacked, resulting in his murder. Similarly, the defense blamed Diallo for his own death in the recent Albany trial. Like roving gangs, the 90 percent white Street Crimes Unit and Operation Condor unit operate by their own rules.