(CIVIL RIGHTS) Hand painted protest sign reading Enough is E

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Hand-painted protest sign reading "Enough is Enough!! Why 41 Times! Amadou Diallo!" Red and yellow paint on posterboard, 28 x 22 inches; minor wear, mount remnants on verso, related news clipping pasted down in blank area. [Washington], circa 15 February 1999

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On 4 February 1999, unarmed Guinean immigrant Amadou Diallo was standing in front of his Bronx apartment, and was asked to show identification by four policemen. When he reached for his wallet, he was killed by a hail of 41 bullets. The killing triggered national protests, but the officers were later acquitted of all charges.

This protest sign was apparently carried at a Capitol Hill march against police brutality, just eleven days after Diallo's brutal execution. Included with the sign is the 18 February 1999 issue of The Community News, a Washington weekly, with a cover story on the demonstration. It includes photographs of three very similar hand-painted signs. A clipping from the same newspaper is affixed to the sign. Also included is a flier from the same protest, describing the march route from the White House to the Department of Justice to the Capitol.