Following Acquittal of NYPD Officers in Sean Bell Killing, Advocates Call for Special Prosecutor in Police Brutality Cases
In New York, a coalition of civil rights advocates are calling for a permanent state-level special prosecutor to handle police brutality cases following the acquittal of three NYPD detectives in the killing of Sean Bell. The twenty-three-year-old Bell died in a hail of fifty police bullets on the morning of what would have been his wedding day in November 2006. Two of his friends were also injured in the shooting. All three men were unarmed. We speak with Sanford Rubinstein, the attorney representing Sean Bell’s fiancee Nicole Paultre-Bell, and with Jessica Sanclemente, the co-coordinator of People’s Justice. [includes rush transcript]
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This is becoming common in Police cases with NYPD. I remember the young man killed for reaching for his wallet, man who was attacked by Police with a plunger and now Mr. Bell who had no weapon and wasn't a threat. I don't expect the Courts to look at fairness anymore with so many corrupt Judges/lawyers. The family should wait until we have a new President and Attorney General and ask for a Federal investigation.
I remember who the Police Officers had the support of all the people and even Mayor Rudy when the trial of a Police Officer charged with sodomizing Abner Louima. When the trial started one officer broke down and told the truth that Louima was assaulted by one officer in the men's room. Now for those who didn't know about the case the city of New York paid Mr. Louima 485 million dollars as well as his attorney fees to Johnny Cochran. The Officer then pleaded guilty and went to jail.
Stunning that "decision" did they recruit Klan members for the jury?
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