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The New York Police Department's Street Crime Unit (motto: "We Own The Night") was a 300+ member plain clothes anti-crime unit that gained notoriety after the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo. The four officers involved in Diallo's killing were all members of the elite unit. The unit was disbanded in 2002 due to negative publicity from the Diallo shooting. -- Wikipedia

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