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This article was nominated for deletion on 6, September 2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

Nomination for deletion.

This is a relevant article. Some may not like it but it did happen. The case mirrors that of Amadou diallo. Why nominate this article for deletion and not Diallo's. the case has been reported several times from reputable news outlets involving and did involve a $3million lawsuit.

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1. Newsday (Melville, NY) - June 1, 2003 length: 577 words

'Harlem Cries' / African immigrant shot by cop remembered at rally Save this Article

Speaking before about 200 people in a Harlem community center yesterday, the uncle of Ousmane Zongo said his nephew's death in a police shooting has inflicted pain that extends from the African immigrants in New York to Zongo's family and friends in his native Burkina Faso. "When Africa cries, Harlem cries," Adama Zongo said in French, his words translated to the crowd inside the auditorium of Oberia Dempsey Multi-Service Center on West 127th...

2. Newsday (Melville, NY) - March 1, 2005 length: 563 words

Zongo case now in the jury's hands - Prosecutors say the defense's claim that the unarmed man tried to grab the cop's gun is 'preposterous' Save this Article

Bryan Conroy was a good police officer doing his duty when he got into a life-and-death struggle and had no choice but to fatally shoot African immigrant Ousmane Zongo. Or he was an arrogant, power-hungry officer who pointed his gun at the unarmed craftsman for no good reason, then shot him as he tried to run away.Those were the portraits presented yesterday during closing arguments in Conroy's trial on manslaughter charges in the slaying of Zongo, 43, in the Chelsea...

3. New York Times, The (NY) - August 5, 2003 length: 520 words

Sympathy, but No Specifics for Widow of Police Shooting Victim Save this Article

A woman from Burkina Faso who was widowed in May when a New York police officer fatally shot her husband, Ousmane Zongo, stood uncomprehending yesterday outside police headquarters as the Rev. Al Sharpton told reporters about a meeting they had just had with the police commissioner. The woman, Sali Mata Sanfo, does not speak English. "She said through the interpreter that she came to America heavy-hearted and she continues to cry," Mr. Sharpton said,...

4. New York Times, The (NY) - March 1, 2005 length: 923 words

Prosecution Wraps Case Against Officer in Fatal Shooting Save this Article

A prosecutor in the trial of Bryan A. Conroy, a police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed man in a Chelsea warehouse, wrapped up his case yesterday with a dramatic flair, brandishing a gun to convince the jury that the officer had recklessly drawn the man into a lethal conflict. The prosecutor, Assistant District Attorney Armand Durastanti, also took issue with the officer's defense, arguing that evidence from the scene and from the body of the...

5. New York Times, The (NY) - August 8, 2003 length: 1166 words

Far From Africa, a Young Wife Mourns Save this Article

Until last week Salimata Sanfo had never seen an ocean. But yesterday, as she sat in a limousine that cruised the perimeter of Manhattan, she did not seem to notice the water she rode past. In the window reflection, her eyes appeared to drift through the waves.|Salimata Sanfo, whose husband Ousmane Zongo was killed by New York City police officer, visits site of killing before returning to her home country Burkina Faso; maintains solemn demeanor during visit and professes confidence...

6. Newsday (Melville, NY) - May 25, 2003 length: 651 words

She Speaks From Experience / Diallo's mother to city leaders: Listen to the community Save this Article

About 250 people rallied in Harlem yesterday to mourn African immigrant Ousmane Zango, whose fatal shooting by a police officer has galvanized activists. As the group was disbanding, the mother of Amadou Diallo showed up to plan a strategy with the Rev. Al Sharpton. [CORRECTION: Ousmane Zongo is the merchant killed in a police shooting in Chelsea last week. Previous stories spelled his surname incorrectly, based on information from police. Pg. A02 ALL 5/27/03] Also yesterday, police identified...

7. Newsday (Melville, NY) - March 25, 2004 length: 507 words

IN MEMORY OF SHOOTING VICTIM - Zongo kin visit site Save this Article

On seeing the hundreds of pieces of African artwork, ceremonial masks, handcarved drums, totems and furniture her husband used to repair, the widow of Ousmane Zongo broke into tears yesterday at the Chelsea warehouse where he was fatally shot by a police officer last year. Salimata Sanfo and Zongo's brother, Douda Zongo, had come to New York from their West African homeland of Burkina Faso to retrieve materials Zongo had in his third-floor cubicle at Chelsea Mini-Storage on West...

8. New York Times, The (NY) - October 22, 2005 length: 1206 words

Officer Guilty Of Negligence In '03 Killing Save this Article

A State Supreme Court judge in Manhattan convicted an undercover police officer yesterday in the killing of an unarmed African immigrant during a raid on a Chelsea warehouse two years ago. Justice Robert H. Straus convicted the officer, Bryan Conroy, 27, of criminally negligent homicide for shooting the immigrant, Ousmane Zongo, 43, during a chase down a dead-end corridor. Officers had just entered and secured what they believed was a counterfeit compact-disc operation on the West Side.

9. New York Times, The (NY) - June 11, 2004 length: 794 words

Officer Pleads Not Guilty To Manslaughter Charge Save this Article

The Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau, yesterday called last year's fatal shooting of an unarmed West African immigrant by an undercover New York City police officer "a reckless act which was unjustified." At a news conference yesterday, Mr. Morgenthau repeatedly refused to discuss the details of the evidence against the officer, Bryan Conroy, other than to say that painstaking forensic work had taken more than a year to complete. He...

10. New York Times, The (NY) - May 27, 2003 length: 668 words

Witnesses in Killing by Police Want to Talk Only to an 'Objective Prosecutor,' Sharpton Says Save this Article

The Rev. Al Sharpton said yesterday that he had spoken to people who were present in a Chelsea warehouse at the time of the fatal police shooting of Ousmane Zongo last week, but Mr. Sharpton said the witnesses wanted to speak only to an "objective prosecutor." Mr. Sharpton declined to name the witnesses or reveal what they said they had seen on Thursday in the warehouse, Chelsea Mini-Storage at 615 West 27th Street.|Rev Al Sharpton calls for Gov Pataki to appoint...

~ trialsanderrors 16:05, 11 September 2006 (UTC)