▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁the ▁killing ▁of ▁D ial lo ▁and ▁other ▁controvers ial ▁actions , ▁the ▁Street ▁Crime ▁Unit ▁was ▁dis band ed . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁D ial lo ' s ▁mother ▁published ▁a ▁mem oir , ▁My ▁Heart ▁Will ▁Cross ▁This ▁Ocean : ▁My ▁Story , ▁My ▁Son , ▁Am ad ou ▁( ), ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁author ▁Craig ▁Wol ff . ▁D ial lo ' s ▁death ▁became ▁an ▁issue ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁mayor al ▁election ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁Bron x ▁bor ough ▁president ▁and ▁mayor al ▁candidate ▁Fernando ▁Fer rer , ▁who ▁had ▁protest ed ▁the ▁circumstances ▁of ▁the ▁killing ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁later ▁told ▁a ▁meeting ▁of ▁police ▁ser ge ants ▁that ▁although ▁the ▁shooting ▁had ▁certainly ▁been ▁a ▁tra ged y , ▁there ▁was ▁subsequently ▁a ▁move ▁to ▁" over - ind ict " ▁the ▁officers ▁involved , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁criticism ▁of ▁Fer rer ▁by ▁the ▁D ial lo ▁family ▁and ▁many ▁others ▁following ▁the ▁case . ▁ ▁The ▁event ▁sp ur red ▁subsequent ▁social ▁psych ology ▁research . ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁experiments ▁have ▁been ▁conducted ▁with ▁both ▁under grad uate ▁volunte ers ▁and ▁police ▁officers ▁playing ▁a ▁computer ▁game ▁where ▁they ▁must ▁choose ▁whether ▁to ▁shoot ▁or ▁not ▁to ▁shoot ▁a ▁target ▁who ▁may ▁be ▁white ▁or ▁black , ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁they ▁are ▁armed . ▁Such ▁studies ▁find ▁that ▁participants ▁made ▁slower ▁and ▁less ▁accurate ▁dec isions