Shawn Bell

My Father's Eyes: Sean Bell & Me

Terrance Heath | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Terrance Heath

As a black man raising two black sons, I wonder just how I will prepare them for the reality of what they will likely face without catalyzing what I know is an inevitable loss of innocence.

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A Dream Deferred

Ferentz LaFargue | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Ferentz LaFargue

A year and a half ago I could not go to a news site or open up a newspaper without finding a story about Sean Bell and Barack Obama.

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Crime and No Punishment?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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Chez Pazienza

I grew up in Miami in the 80's, which means that I lived through three major race riots before I was 20-years-old. I'm thinking about them right now after the Sean Bell verdict.

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The Sean Bell Tragedy

Kevin Powell | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Kevin Powell

Mrs. Bell always told me that she truly believed justice would be done in this case. She really did. I never had the heart to tell her that it is rare for a police officer to be found guilty of murdering a civilian.

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Cops' Acquittal in Sean Bell Verdict Complicates Things for Obama

Roberto Lovato | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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Roberto Lovato

With his candidacy already mired with racial issues, Obama will have to maneuver about how to speak out on the most egregious example of institutional racism and police brutality since Rodney King.

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Cop Acquittal in the Sean Bell Killing Was Inevitable

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

History shows that nailing cops for bad shootings is virtually impossible for even the most diligent prosecutor. The Bell case again proved that true.

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

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home

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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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