His response to '' American Skin -LRB- 41 Shots -RRB- , '' Springsteen 's song about the shooting of Amadou Diallo by New York City police officers in 1999 , is a precis of the contradictions that the song tries to explore , but that even Springsteen 's generous , capacious personality has had a hard time containing .
Amadou Diallo /people/person/place_lived New York City
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Amadou Diallo
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