November 30th, 2006 issue #0548

New York– where three police officers fired 50 bullets at three unarmed men early Saturday, November 25– isn't the only community wrestling with the issue of shootings by law enforcement officers. Just two weeks ago, an Albemarle jury awarded the relatives of 26-year-old Frederick Gray $4.5 million for the 1997 fatal shooting of Gray after he allegedly went berserk in a Rio Road apartment.