Sean Bell

They Shoot Black Men, Don't They?

Janet Langhart Cohen | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Sean Bell, Kenneth-Chamberlain-Killing, Kenneth-Chamberlain-Sr, Kenneth Chamberlain, Black Voices News
Janet Langhart Cohen

Consider the facts. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old former Marine who suffered from a heart ailment, accidentally triggered a medical alert device, which resulted in sending members of the White Plains police department to his apartment.

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Gescard Isnora: Kelly's Harsh Cop Justice

Len Levitt | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Nypd Scandals, Gescard Isnora, Sean Bell Shooting, Sean Bell, Paul Browne, Ray Kelly, New York News
Len Levitt

If there is a constant to Kelly's discipline, it is this: the more vulnerable to criticism he perceives the department or himself to be, the harsher the punishment.

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Rev. Al Sharpton Forum In D.C. Grapples With Trayvon Martin Cases

AP | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Howard University, Kadiatou Diallo, Sean Bell, Nicole Paultre Bell, George Zimmerman, Al Sharpton, Video, District of Columbia, Amadou Diallo, Trayvon Martin, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The mother and fiancée of two men fatally shot by New York City police officers are expressing solidarity with the family of Trayvon Ma...

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WATCH: Sean Bell Shooting Detective Says He Has 'No Regrets'

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Gescard Isnora, Sean Bell, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Michael Bloomberg, Ny News, Trayvon Martin, Nypd Scandals, Sean Bell Shooting, New York News, New York News

Three weeks after being fired by the NYPD for his part in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell-- losing his pension and healthcare benefits--and after...

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Sean Bell Fiance Writes Open Letter To Trayvon Martin's Parents

Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Nypd Scandals, Sean Bell, Nicole Paultre Bell, Sean Bell Verdict, Sean Bell Fiance, Sean Bell Murder Trial, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Trayvon Martin, Black Voices News

One week after Detective Gescard Isnora was fired for unloading the first of 50 bullets that killed her fiance, Sean Bell, in 2006, Nicole Paultre Bel...

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Racism without Racists: George Zimmerman and the Conundrum of Modern Bigotry

Edward Wyckoff Williams | Posted 06.01.2012

Read More: Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, Police, Blacks, President Barack Obama, Latino, Trayvon Martin, Racism, Hispanics, George Zimmerman, Race, New York Police Department, Trayvon Martin Shooting, Stand Your Ground, Black Voices News
Edward Wyckoff Williams

The conundrum of racism without racistscreates a society in which black males are perceived always and everywhere as the perpetrator, never given the dignity applied to a victim.

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Fired Detective In Sean Bell Shooting Seeking Legal Action Against NYPD

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Gescard Isnora, Sean Bell, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Detective Gescard Isnora, Nypd Scandals, Sean Bell Shooting, New York News

The dismissed detective who fired the first bullets in the 2006 death of Sean Bell is reportedly seeking legal action against the NYPD for his firing....

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5 Years After Shooting Sean Bell 50 Times, Four NYPD Cops Fired

AP | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Gescard Isnora, Michael Oliver, Sean Bell, Nypd, Ray Kelly, Sean-Bell-Killing, Sean Bell Murder Trial, Gary Napoli, Ny News, Nypd Scandals, Sean-Bell-Murder, Marc Cooper, New York News, New York News

NEW YORK — An undercover police detective who fired the first bullets in a 50-shot barrage that killed an unarmed New York City man as he left h...

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Spying on the Rev.

Len Levitt | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Nypd Scandals, Sean Bell, Handschu Agreement, Nypd, Joe Hynes, Ray Kelly, National Action Network, Reverend Al Sharpton, New York News
Len Levitt

An NYPD informant spied on the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network [NAN] as the group was organizing large-scale protests of the Sean Bell case acquittals, a police document shows.

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Cop Who Shot Sean Bell Deemed Reckless, Should Be Fired

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Sean Bell, Video, Trent-Benefield, Al Sharpton, Nypd, Raymond Kelly, Detective Gescard Isnora, Joseph-Guzman, Black Voices News

NEW YORK -- An undercover police officer who touched off the fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside a rowdy strip club after his bachelor party shou...

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Bloods And Crips Occupy Atlanta

AFSC | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Sean Bell, Crips and Bloods, Bloods and Crips Occupy Atlanta, Bloods, Woodruff-Park, Crips, Shabaka Addae Guillory, Occupy Atlanta, Sherrod Britton, Black Voices News

Gang affiliations are oftentimes set in stone, with members choosing sides and vowing to remain loyal to their selected group. But two members of the ...

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Top 5 Most Controversial Court Verdicts

newsone.com | David Moye | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Trial Verdicts, Sean Bell, Controversial Court Verdicts, Casey Anthony, OJ Simpson, Oscar Grant, Rodney King, Crime News

Court trials have become spectacles for the American public. Heroes and villains are made in the media and court trials have a way of dividing Amer...

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NYPD: Officer Who Killed Sean Bell Should Be Fired

AP | By COLLEEN LONG | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Ny Scandals, Gescard Isnora, Sean Bell, Nypd, New York Crime, Sean Bell Murder Trial, Ny News, Sean Bell Shooting, Sean Bell Internal Trial, New York News, NY Crime, New York News

NEW YORK -- An undercover police officer who touched off the fatal shooting of an unarmed man outside a rowdy strip club after his bachelor party shou...

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Officers Face Discipline Trial In Sean Bell Shooting

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Sean Bell Killing, Gescard Isnora, Sean Bell, Sean Bell Case, Michael Carey, Police Shooting, Sean Bell Shooting, Sean Bell Controversy, Nypd Scandals, Black Voices News

NEW YORK -- Nearly five years after an unarmed man died in a barrage of 50 police bullets following his bachelor party in Queens, two of the shooters ...

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New York City Settles Lawsuit Over 50-Bullet Shooting Of Unarmed Man On His Wedding Day

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Bell Civil Suit, Sean Bell Murder, Sean Bell, Sean Bell Verdict, Sean Bell Settlement, Police Brutality, Sean Bell Civil Case, Wrongful Death, New York, New York City, New York News

NEW YORK — The city of New York has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from the fatal 50-bullet police shooti...

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Officer Michael Carey Should Sue the NYPD Not the Sean Bell Estate

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, Sean Bell, Sean Bell Estate, Michael Carey, Nypd, Racism, New York Police Department, New York News
Tonya Plank

Officer Michael Carey, who was recently named a defendant in a wrongful death action by the Sean Bell estate, has filed a counter-claim, seeking to sue the Bell estate.

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Sean Bell Civil Case Against NYPD Won't Be Delayed

nydailynews.com | John Marzulli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gescard Isnora, Michael Oliver, Sean Bell, Nypd, Sean Bell Murder Trial, Sean Bell Civil Case, Sean Bell Verdict, Marc Cooper, New York Police Department, New York City, New York, New York News

A federal judge in Brooklyn Wednesday gave city lawyers until May 6 to decide whether they will represent the NYPD cops charged in the wrongful death ...

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Justice Department Won't Pursue Sean Bell Case

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NYPD Shooting, Sean Bell, Sean Bell Shooting, Sean Bell NYPD, Justice Department, Sean Bell Civil Rights Case, New York News

NEW YORK — Three New York police officers who killed an unarmed man in a 50-shot barrage outside a seedy strip club hours before his wedding wil...

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Deadly Consequences of Being Black?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Sean Bell, Ny Police Department, Michael Bloomberg, Monique Washington, State Senator Bill Perkins, Barack Obama, Rodney King, Boss Tweed, Fire Fighters, Amadou Diallo, Omar Edwads, Abner Louima, Racism, Officer Christopher Ridley, Rudolph Giuliani, Desmond Robinson, Politics News
Michael Henry Adams

If New York's police force includes so many deadly marksmen, couldn't uncharged suspects merely be stopped without being killed? For pointing out an...

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Reverend Al Sharpton Rides A Bike . . . Sort Of

Gothamist | Jen Chung | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bicycle, Al Sharpton, Sean Bell, Critical Mass, Bike, Bike Culture, Video, Green News

As previously mentioned, the Reverend Al Sharpton joined last night's Critical Mass rally to highlight, per Times-Up!, a "common pattern of NYPD haras...

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The President, Police Violence And Race

Paul Peete | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Bell, Rodeny King, Barack Obama, Senator Obama, Jacqueline Seabrooks, Michael Byoune, Obama Attorney General, Racism, Obama, Police Violence Race, John Edwards, Police Race, Obama Edwards Attorney General, Home News
Paul Peete

An Obama Administration with an attorney general of integrity like, say, John Edwards might address in a constructive way the kind of race-based police violence we've seen flare up the past few weeks.

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Hillary Clinton Isn't The Only Democratic Presidential Candidate In Denial

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Bell, Colorblind, Doctors' Racial Bias, Racism, Obama, Nicholas Kristof, Post-Racial, Rahul Parikh, Home News
Leonce Gaiter

Colorblind? Post-racial? Isn't it clear that's all so much bullshit. We are all animals prone to prejudice. The price of continued denial among the Obama camp could be the election.

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The Sean Bell Trial Put Bell Community on Defense and Left Unanswered Questions About Police Conduct

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, Trial, Sean Bell, Police Shooting, Politics News
Tonya Plank

After sitting through 28 days of testimony in the Sean Bell trial, I knew far more about Mr. Bell's friends' prior convictions than why the officers acted as they did.

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Sean Bell Verdict: 3 NYC Police Officers Acquitted Of 50-Shot Killing Of Groom-To-Be

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sean Bell, Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, Marc Cooper, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman, Sean Bell Murder Trial, Groom Murder Trial, Shawn Bell, Acquitted, Shawn Bell Verdict, Shaun Bell, Shawn Bell Case, Home News

For breaking updates on the Sean Bell acquittal click here. NEW YORK -- Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing...

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