1999 - Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo[?] is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, enflaming race-relations in the city.
... under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% are married couples living together, 5.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% are non-families ...