, ▁ra cial ▁profil ing , ▁and ▁cont ag ious ▁shooting ▁were ▁central ▁to ▁the ▁en su ing ▁controvers y . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁career ▁One ▁of ▁four ▁children ▁of ▁Sa ik ou ▁and ▁K ad ij at ou ▁D ial lo , ▁Am ad ou ' s ▁family ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁an ▁old ▁Ful be ▁trad ing ▁family ▁in ▁Guinea . ▁He ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁S ino e ▁County , ▁Liber ia , ▁on ▁September ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 9 7 5 ▁while ▁his ▁father ▁was ▁working ▁there , ▁and ▁grew ▁up ▁following ▁his ▁family ▁to ▁T ogo , ▁Bang k ok ▁and ▁Singapore , ▁att ending ▁schools ▁in ▁Th ailand , ▁and ▁later ▁in ▁Guinea . ▁In ▁September ▁ 1 9 9 6 , ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁where ▁other ▁family ▁members ▁had ▁imm igr ated . ▁He ▁and ▁a ▁cousin ▁started ▁a ▁business . ▁According ▁to ▁his ▁family ' s ▁lawyer , ▁K yle ▁B . ▁Wat ters , ▁he ▁sought ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁by ▁fil ing ▁an ▁application ▁for ▁political ▁as yl um ▁under ▁false ▁pret enses , ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁from ▁Maur it ania ▁and ▁that ▁his ▁parents ▁had ▁been ▁killed ▁in ▁fighting ▁to ▁but tr ess ▁his ▁claim ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁cred ible ▁fear ▁of ▁going ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁country . ▁He ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁street ▁ped d ler , ▁s elling ▁video ▁c ass ettes , ▁glo ves ▁and ▁so cks ▁from ▁the ▁side walk ▁along ▁ 1