Al Sharpton Calls the NY Verdict an “Abortion” of Justice

The fact that the police went before a judge rather than a jury is a great indicator of their belief of their own guilt. They knew their chances would be better in front of a judge. Check out this nonsense:

Nicole Paultre Bell bolted from the courtroom Friday as a judge acquitted three New York City detectives of all charges in the shooting death of her fiance.

Nicole Paultre Bell is helped from court Friday as the judge acquits officers charged in the death of her fiance.

“I’ve got to get out of here,” Paultre Bell said.

Justice Arthur Cooperman was announcing the verdict clearing Detectives Michael Oliver and Gescard Isnora of manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment in the death of Sean Bell.

Detective Marc Cooper was cleared of reckless endangerment.

“What we saw in court today was not a miscarriage of justice,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said on his radio program.

“Justice didn’t miscarry,” he said. “This was an abortion of justice. Justice was aborted.”

Sharpton, who has been advising Bell’s family, had called for calm Wednesday.

Bell, 23, died in November 2006 in a 50-bullet barrage — 31 fired by Oliver — hours before he was to be married. Two of his companions were wounded in the gunfire outside a Queens nightclub.

Alexander Jason, an expert witness for the defense, produced a video demonstrating how quickly Oliver could have fired off 31 rounds, including a pause to reload.

The three officers made brief statements more than four hours after the verdict.

“I want to say sorry to Bell family for the tragedy,” Cooper said.

Isnora thanked the judge “for his fair and accurate decision today.”

Oliver praised Cooperman “for a fair and just decision.”

That’s not how one community leader viewed it.

“This case was not about justice,” declared Leroy Gadsden, chair of the police/community relations committee of the Jamaica Branch NAACP. “This case was about the police having a right to be above the law. If the law was in effect here, if the judge had followed the law truly, these officers would have been found guilty.

“This court, unfortunately, is bankrupt when it comes to justice for people of color.”

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