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On Oct. 28, at a Halloween party in a Los Angeles mansion, 39-yearold African-American actor Anthony Dwain Lee was shot and killed by a policeman investigating . noise complaint. The officer later said he mistook Lee's fake pistol for a real gun, and, believing himself endangered, fired nine bullets at the costumed actor through a closed window. For most who heard the news, Lee's death was another report of a senseless tragedy-and another cloud over the scandal-ridden Los Angeles Police Department. Frontpage news on the West Coast, the shooting...