He did not specifically mention the recent killing of Amadou Diallo in New York, or other questionable shootings of young blacks by police officers in Pittsburgh and Riverside, Calif.
Six months later, the section was disbanded after a series of questionable shootings.
The army is taking recent questionable shootings by soldiers "very seriously," the general added.
The questionable shooting led to a war between the Mahoney family and the Police Department, resulting in Kellerman's departure from the force.
"The last thing you want to do is create a martyr in the case of a questionable shooting," he said.
The local press reported several questionable shootings and beatings of blacks by officers in the years before 1967.
They did a lot of standing around, a lot of questionable shooting and, eventually, a lot of soul searching.
The two pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges last year related to one of the questionable shootings in which the 11 men are on trial.
Hickok was relieved of his duties as marshal less than two months after accidentally killing Deputy Williams, this incident being only one of a series of questionable shootings and claims of misconduct.
The second, in 1990, for a half-hour documentary that tore open the veil of secrecy surrounding the questionable shooting of a 17-year old by Boston police called, What Happened to Donald Johnson?
