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Article: NATION IN BRIEF
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 12, 2002
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Several police officers shot and killed a Somali
man carrying a machete Sunday, and critics accused the officers of
using excessive force, saying the man was mentally ill.
At least five officers were put on routine administrative leave,
and Mayor R.T. Rybak planned to meet with Somali leaders to discuss
the shooting.
Relatives identified the man as Abu Kassim Jeilani, 28, who
arrived from Somalia in 1997.
Investigators said it was too early to tell how much of a role
language barriers might have played and that the severity of
Jeilani's mental illness was unclear.
Police had trailed him for several blocks, and officers and people
who knew the man tried to persuade him to drop ...