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...
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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.
The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating allegations that just hours after the not guilty verdict was issued in the Sean Bell shooting trial, a number of crank calls were made to the home of Nicole Paultre Bell's parents by someone connected to a police union. The calls were both hang-ups or someone laughing--"Ha ha ha"--on the other end of the line. Caller ID identified their source as a line at the Sergeants Benevolent Association 's Manhattan offices. Nicole Paultre-Bell's... Read Full Story
A scuffle breaks out after the announcement of the verdict in the Sean Bell case outside of the Queens County Criminal Courts Building Friday, April 25, 2008 in the Queens borough of New York. Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of the unarmed Bell on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) If you weren't living under a rock this morning you heard... Read Full Story
On Friday in New York, three detectives tried for the shooting death of Sean Bell were acquitted of all charges. Bell was gunned down in a storm of 50 bullets, fired by plain-clothes detectives in 2006 while leaving his bachelor party at a strip club in Queens. He was to be married the next day. Bell was 23-years-old and left behind his fiancé and two daughters. Justice Arthur J. Cooperman delivered the verdict Friday, stating that many of the prosecution's witnesses were not believable, and... Read Full Story
There was anger on the streets of Jamaica, Queens, where Sean Bell was killed in a hail of 50 police bullets in 2006 — both before and after a judge on Friday acquitted three detectives who had been charged in the shooting. But many black men and women in Jamaica and elsewhere in New York said their anger was tempered by the complicated case that unfolded in a city less racially divided than 10 years ago.
In Harlem, Willie Rainey, 60, a Vietnam veteran and retired airport worker, said... Read Full Story
By Stephen Millies New York Published May 15, 2008 9:45 PM Courageous parents whose children had been killed by cops went to the Manhattan office of New York Gov. David Patterson on Mother’s Day, May 11. They demanded justice at a news conference organized by the Justice Committee and Parents Against Police Brutality. Supporters joined these parents in wearing bloodstained shirts with the names of police victims. Some brought pictures. Everyone demanded justice for Sean Bell. Parents whose... Read Full Story
Al Sharpton was arrested Wednesday while protesting at the base of the Brooklyn bridge. Sharpton and a large gathering of people were protesting over the acquittal of three police officers in the shooting of unarmed an unarmed black man, Sean Bell . The Baptist minister called for the protest across the city, and several other protesters were arrested, including two survivors of the shooting and Bell's fiancée. The demonstration called for a federal investigation into the November 2006... Read Full Story
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A judge acquitted three New York Police Department detectives of all charges Friday morning in the shooting death of an unarmed man in a 50-bullet barrage, hours before he was to be married.
Detectives Michael Oliver and Gescard Isnora were found not guilty of charges of manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment in the death of Sean Bell, 23, and the wounding of two of his friends.
Detective Marc Cooper was acquitted of reckless endangerment.
Justice Arthur... Read Full Story
It is no secret that the Hip Hop community is up in arms over the Sean Bell verdict [click to read]. Many in the community have spoken out against the decision to let the 3 officers off the hook [click to read editorial]. Now another rapper steps to the plate and will let his voice be heard.
The Game is fresh out of the studio and has just finished recording "911 is a Joke" in response to the "Not Guilty" verdict.
"I'm outraged and speaking out for my generation that is afraid to speak... Read Full Story
Detectives Gescard F. Isnora, Michael Oliver, and Marc Cooper of the NYPD These detectives shot a total of 50 rounds killing Sean Bell the early morning before his wedding in Queens New York in November of 2006. A judge acquitted these beast of all charges this morning in a New York courtroom. Once again the state has shown its willingness to allow the expansion and protection of the ever growing police state in the United States of America. Will Sen. Obama miss this opportunity to speak... Read Full Story
Ok, I was pretty disappointed when I heard Jay -Z came out with a diss song two days after the Sean Bell verdict instead of speaking up or helping with the rallies in NYC. I'll shutup now, since according to many sources he is currently in the works to set up an education trust fund for Sean Bell's 2 young girls. He also closed his Live Nation deal this week, read that story here . Read Full Story
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