1.0 link 98622 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/roberto-lovato/cops-acquittal-in-sean-be_b_98622.html Today's acquittal of the 3 police officers accused of killing Sean Bell in November of 2006 will complicate Barack Obama's efforts to win the presidency in November 2008. His candidacy already mired in the racial machinations of his opponents, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, Obama will find himself having to maneuver between the need to speak out on the most egregious, high-profile example of institutional racism and police brutality since the Rodney King incident and the need to deflect...

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