Amadou Diallo
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Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant whose 1999 shooting death by New York City police officers became a national symbol of police brutality and racial profiling in the United States.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amadou Diallo canonical | 2 |
| Amadou Ba Diallo | 1 |
| Diallo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8675983 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amadou Diallo Context triple: [American Skin (41 Shots), hasLyricsAbout, Amadou Diallo]
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A.
Duane Martin
Duane Martin is an American actor and former basketball player best known for his roles in 1990s films and television series, often portraying charismatic, athletic characters.
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B.
Ashley Sharpton
Ashley Sharpton is an American activist and the daughter of civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton, known for her involvement in social justice and community organizing.
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C.
Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant was a young African American man whose 2009 killing by a transit police officer in Oakland, California, became a high-profile case highlighting issues of police brutality and racial injustice.
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D.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American journalist, former Black Panther, and political activist whose controversial conviction and death-row imprisonment for the 1981 killing of a police officer have made him an international symbol in debates over racial justice and the U.S. criminal legal system.
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E.
Khalil-Bey
Khalil-Bey was a 19th-century Ottoman diplomat and art collector best known for owning several provocative works, including Gustave Courbet’s erotic painting "The Origin of the World."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Amadou Diallo Target entity description: Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant whose 1999 shooting death by New York City police officers became a national symbol of police brutality and racial profiling in the United States.
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A.
Duane Martin
Duane Martin is an American actor and former basketball player best known for his roles in 1990s films and television series, often portraying charismatic, athletic characters.
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B.
Ashley Sharpton
Ashley Sharpton is an American activist and the daughter of civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton, known for her involvement in social justice and community organizing.
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C.
Oscar Grant
Oscar Grant was a young African American man whose 2009 killing by a transit police officer in Oakland, California, became a high-profile case highlighting issues of police brutality and racial injustice.
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D.
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American journalist, former Black Panther, and political activist whose controversial conviction and death-row imprisonment for the 1981 killing of a police officer have made him an international symbol in debates over racial justice and the U.S. criminal legal system.
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E.
Khalil-Bey
Khalil-Bey was a 19th-century Ottoman diplomat and art collector best known for owning several provocative works, including Gustave Courbet’s erotic painting "The Origin of the World."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
controversial police killing in the United States
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human ⓘ police shooting ⓘ song ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 23 ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Stop-and-frisk debate in New York City ⓘ |
| becameSymbolOf |
police brutality in the United States
ⓘ
racial profiling in the United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath |
gunshot wound
ⓘ
police shooting ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Guinea ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| date | 1999-02-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1975-09-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1999-02-04 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Fula people
ⓘ
linked to:
Fulani
|
| familyName |
Diallo
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linked to:
Amadou Diallo
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| fullName |
Amadou Ba Diallo
ⓘ
linked to:
Amadou Diallo
|
| givenName |
Amadou
ⓘ
linked to:
Amadou Diop
|
| hasMemorial | Amadou Diallo memorial in the Bronx ⓘ |
| immigratedTo | United States of America ⓘ |
| incident | Shooting of Amadou Diallo ⓘ |
| killedBy | New York City Police Department ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | acquittal of involved officers ⓘ |
| location |
New York City
ⓘ
Soundview, Bronx ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an unarmed victim of police shooting
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role in debates over NYPD practices ⓘ |
| numberOfGunshotWounds | 41 ⓘ |
| numberOfOfficersInvolved | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation | street vendor ⓘ |
| performer | Bruce Springsteen ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
New York City Police Department Street Crime Unit officers
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linked to:
NYPD Anti-Crime Unit
|
| placeOfBirth | Liberia ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Bronx
ⓘ
linked to:
The Bronx
New York City ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Bronx
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linked to:
The Bronx
New York City ⓘ |
| shotsFired | 41 ⓘ |
| shotsThatHitVictim | 19 ⓘ |
| sparked |
civil rights demonstrations
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nationwide protests ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
documentaries about police violence
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numerous news reports ⓘ song "American Skin (41 Shots)" ⓘ song "American Skin (41 Shots)" ⓘ |
| trialLocation |
Albany, New York
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linked to:
Albany
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Amadou Diallo Description of subject: Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old Guinean immigrant whose 1999 shooting death by New York City police officers became a national symbol of police brutality and racial profiling in the United States.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Amadou Diallo
linked to: Amadou Diallo