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Retracing the final steps of Burmese refugee who died in Buffalo

Report for America|March 10, 2026

Newly available police bodycam footage shows the encounter last February between two officers and Burmese refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam, which set into motion the chain of events that ended in Shah Alam’s death. The footage from February 2025 showed Buffalo police tasing, beating and arresting Shah Alam, who had legally arrived in the country

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