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.