Sean Bell's Killers (NYC Cops) Walk

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by jon1856

While looking around for something else, found this jury trial that the out come was well take a look for yourself:
Feature: Jurors Acquit California Narc Who Killed Rudy Cardenas in Mistaken Chase
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-...cquittal.shtml

And this as well:
MAN ACQUITTED IN SLAYING OF POLICE OFFICER
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA...0/07300255.htm

Cop shooter convicted of assault, cleared of attempted murder
http://recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dl.../NEWS/80424023

Acquitted of cop killing, reputed Blood gets 10 years in car theft
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/200...ing_reput.html

Jon...we are NOT talking about Cali, Virginia or any other place where this has happened...that is not because this isn't a problem else BUT.....

We are talking about NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT which has killed 5 UNARMED people in the last 10 years (twice using excessive force) with only ONE cop being convicted.

Obviously this is a problem IN NEW YORK CITY...not anywhere else....

Hell, I can tell you about the police shooting a man down at Lexington market in Baltimore City which I witnessed first hand..

http://www.workers.org/ww/1997/baltimore0904.html

But this is NOT where we are talking about!

[SWTXBelle]

An aside - one of the links is to an article that says Nicole married Sean Bell posthumously. Is that possible? I don't want to sound unfeeling, and to have your fiancé die on your wedding day - and in such a violent fashion - would be awful, but a posthumous marriage???

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

An aside - one of the links is to an article that says Nicole married Sean Bell posthumously. Is that possible? I don't want to sound unfeeling, and to have your fiancé die on your wedding day - and in such a violent fashion - would be awful, but a posthumous marriage???

No she legally changed her last name to his...what it would have been if they had married

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Jon...we are NOT talking about Cali, Virginia or any other place where this has happened...that is not because this isn't a problem else BUT.....

We are talking about NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT which has killed 5 UNARMED people in the last 10 years (twice using excessive force) with only ONE cop being convicted.

Obviously this is a problem IN NEW YORK CITY...not anywhere else....

Hell, I can tell you about the police shooting a man down at Lexington market in Baltimore City which I witnessed first hand..

http://www.workers.org/ww/1997/baltimore0904.html

But this is NOT where we are talking about!

Reread a posting above this.
It was a rather general comment.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by jon1856

Reread a posting above this.
It was a rather general comment.

I read...it was a rather general comment not in line with a very specific city.

[DSTCHAOS]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04272008...nts_108298.htm

April 27, 2008 -- The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating a cruel prank call to the family of Sean Bell's fiancée that originated from the Manhattan offices of a prominent police union, The Post has learned.

"Ha, ha, ha," someone said in a 1:15 p.m. Friday phone call to the home of Nicole Bell's father Les Paultre, according to a police source.

The number for the Sergeants Benevolent Association came up on the caller ID.

"It was just horrible to get that phone call after coming back from the cemetery," said Nicole Bell.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

The number for the Sergeants Benevolent Association came up on the caller ID.

Stupid. Beyond arrogant. Cruel and vicious.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Stupid. Beyond arrogant. Cruel and vicious.

dasokay...they can add fuel to the flames if they want to...they better pray that the silent outrage and protest doesn't turn into violence aimed at the police and the city....

SHUT 'EM DOWN!

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

dasokay...they can add fuel to the flames if they want to...they better pray that the silent outrage and protest doesn't turn into violence aimed at the police and the city....

SHUT 'EM DOWN!

And it's crap like this that could very well incite a not-so-peaceful response. Justified, if you ask me.

[DSTCHAOS]

*As Lauper's "Time After Time" plays in the background*

http://www.theroot.com/id/46086

If They Are So Scared, How Come We're The Dead Ones?

By Kai Wright | TheRoot.com

The cops in the Sean Bell case walked because the judge said it was reasonable for them to be scared of three black men in a car. This paranoia defense has been used to forgive the murders of black people for a long time.

Ida B. Wells, at the turn of the 20th century, called it a "threadbare lie." She was talking about how lynch mobs masquerading as law enforcement justified their actions by claiming black men were raping white women. But Wells was on to a larger delusion, one that not only inspired sexual hysteria 100 years ago, but that continues to legitimize all manner of brutality against black men today. The simple and sadly lasting truth is this: We scare the shit out of America. And that fear excuses just about any reaction it spawns.