Sean Bell
Sean Bell was shot and killed on November 25, 2006 by two plainclothes New York Police Department detectives after leaving his bachelor party at a strip club. The case has been scrutinized publicly since Bell was unarmed at the time... [more]
Sean Bell was shot and killed on November 25, 2006 by two plainclothes New York Police Department detectives after leaving his bachelor party at a strip club. The case has been scrutinized publicly since Bell was unarmed at the time. Three of the five detectives involved in the shooting were arrested, and tried by a grand jury, but found not guilty on charges ranging form manslaughter to reckless endangerment on April 26, 2008.
Hundreds and thousands of people have been in the streets in New York, outraged and determined that the not guilty verdict on the cops who killed Sean Bell cannot stand. Beautiful outpourings of hundreds of young people from high schools and colleges near where Sean Bell lived and died have...
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From indybay.org
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It was a classic "only in America" moment. The bench trial of
three killer cops in New York City, charged with firing some 50 shots into a
car, killing one man, Sean Bell, and wounding two others - all unarmed.
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From workers.org
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Disbelief and anger were overwhelming in New York after a judge let
off the three cops who had shot 50 times, killing young African American Sean
Bell and wounding two of his friends early on the morning of his planned
wedding.
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A group of demonstrators took to the streets again Wednesday to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-shot slaying of an unarmed man.
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Cary Conover captured some powerful images from the Sean Bell protests yesterday, including this photograph of the hands of the father of Nicole Paultre-Bell as an NYPD bus got ready to pull away from the Brooklyn Bridge. Check here for a full gallery of Conover's shots.
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From blogs.villagevoice.com
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Photograph of the Reverend Al Sharpton by Armchair Messiah on Flickr
Two hundred sixteen people were arrested during pray-ins protesting the acquittals of three police detectives in the shooting of Sean Bell. The NY Times called the demonstrations "carefully orchestrated," as hundreds of...
From gothamist.com
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Last Update: 5/07 6:53 pm Civil rights leader Al Sharpton walks with Nicole Paultre Bell , widow of Sean Bell, and her mother Laura Harper Paultre at a demonstration near New York Police headquarters and the ...
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UPDATE: 6:30
by Sean Gardiner and Michael Clancy
The Rev. Al Sharpton, Nicole Paultre Bell, Joe Guzman and Trent Benefield were among scores of people arrested at a series of demonstrations throughout the city protesting the acquittal of three cops charged in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell...
From blogs.villagevoice.com
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- IMAGES: Sean Bell Verdict Protests (topix.com)
- Nicole Paultre Bell speaks about the verdict (topix.com)
Hip Hop 4 Prez: BREAKING NEWS: Al Sharpton Arrested For Civil Disobedience During Sean Bell Protests
WABC in New York is reporting that Al Sharpton was arrested today during the Sean Bell protests in NYC. More info to come later. (Read more here)
Thanks for the hand off Memphis Own!!
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From blogs.sohh.com
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The NYPD has a failed relationship with minority-group members - a problem illustrated by a recent incident in which a white cop ordered the highest-ranking black officer on the force out of his car, civil rights advocates said Sunday.
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