1.0 link 98706 <![CDATA[The Sean Bell Verdict Ignites My Students' Fury]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/claudia-ricci/the-sean-bell-verdict-ign_b_98706.html The young black student who appeared at my office this morning was practically in tears. "Hey Professor Ricci," she said. "Did you hear?"

"No, Jahqueena, what's wrong?" She just shook her head.

"Sean Bell. Those three cops just got acquitted on all counts."

"Oh my God Jahqueena," I moaned. "It can't be true."

But of course it's true. Why should I be surprised? We all lived through the Amadou Dialou case back in 1999. Dialou was the West African immigrant leveled in a...

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