Acquittals in *****'s shooting spark outrage

[Friday on my mind]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/04/25/sean.bell.trial/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nicole Paultre Bell bolted from the courtroom as a judge acquitted three New York City detectives of all charges Friday in the shooting death of her fiance.

Bell, 23, died in November 2006 in a 50-bullet barrage hours before he was to be married. Two of his companions were wounded in the gunfire outside a Queens nightclub.

This case was not about justice," declared Leroy Gadsden, chair of the police/community relations committee of the Jamaica Branch NAACP. "This case was about the police having a right to be above the law. If the law was in effect here, if the judge had followed the law truly, these officers would have been found guilty. ...

"This court, unfortunately, is bankrupt when it comes to justice for people of color."
Despite the evident anger and a brief fistfight, the crowd remained generally orderly.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg issued a statement saying, "An innocent man lost his life, a bride lost her *****, two ********* lost their ******, and a ****** and a ****** lost their ***. No verdict could ever end the grief that those who knew and loved Sean Bell suffer."

However, he said, the legal system must be respected.

"America is a nation of laws, and though not everyone will agree with the verdicts and opinions issued by the courts, we accept their authority."

Bloomberg also said he had spoken briefly with Paultre Bell on Wednesday and agreed with her on the need to ensure similar incidents would not occur in the future.

Queens County District Attorney echoed the mayor's sentiments."





50 bullets at an unarmed innocent man ******* him and they walk off scott free!:eek:

 

[elict47]

the outradge over this is simply another case of people being blinded by the facts and assuming that the black man is again be put down

 

[Will E Worm]

50 bullets at an unarmed innocent man ******* him and they walk off scott free!:eek:

I agree, they got away with ******. Riot! :ak47:

The American people don't have to continue to put up with this garbage. It's time to take back our country.

 

[titsrock]

The more things change...the more they stay the same. Perhaps these officers should be transferred to the Baghdad Police Station. That kind of work--50 bullets into an unarmed man--probably would get them promotions over there..:uohs:

This is yet another disgraceful mark on the U.S. judicial system...

 

[senob44]

It was very unfortunate that this happened in the first place. But then again, the law is the law. And apparently there wasn't enough evidence to convict. At least this verdict shows that the police do have the right to shoot at someone who is trying to run them over with a car. If the prosecution had come up with some more credible witnesses, maybe the verdict would have been different. But as is the case, judges don't really take much stock in the testimony of convicted felons and **** dealers.

And another thing, I love how the NAACP and Sharpton try to make this about race when most of the officers involved in the shooting were black. :1orglaugh

From the article:

"You can't be proud of wearing that hat. You can't be proud of wearing that badge," a black woman shouted at a black police officer. "You must stop working for the masters! Stand down! Stop working for the masters!"

:rofl: :rofl:

 

[titsrock]

Or this verdict shows that the police can shoot first and ask questions later?

 

[senob44]

Or this verdict shows that the police can shoot first and ask questions later?

I honestly think that these officers fired because they thought their lives were in danger. Maybe there was misconduct, maybe there wasn't, but a police officer using lethal ***** to protect his life is OK in my opinion. :thumbsup:

 

[Will E Worm]

Or this verdict shows that the police can shoot first and ask questions later?

Especially if they are young black males who fit the profile. :nono:

New Yorkers think that southerners are backwards racists. They need look no further than their local police department.

 

[D-rock]

I can understand in the fog of battle how things can get a little out of hand. This seems to go beyond that however. I have a hard time believing that spraying that many rounds and putting that many bullets into somebody can just be a case of incompetence or things going wrong for a second or two. Part of it might also be the way they are trained. I have always though blindly emptying your magazine at a perceived threat was stupid even if just at a tactical level, and at some point rational behavior has to prevail.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Here's my man Al Sharpton doing his best to calm the situation down.

 

[gunslingingbird]

I call bullshit on the fucking verdict. When something slightly comparable to this **** happened almost 20 years ago in Los Angeles with Rodney King the city burned for 3 days. The only way that justice will be served in this case is if the people show their outrage at the bullshit that this verdict spells out.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

I guess when you start trouble outside of a bar, because you're being a ******* moron, then you try to run down a cop, then you hit a car with a cop driving it, then make sudden movements as though you are reaching for a weapon, I guess you should just be ignored and let to act as disorderly as you would like. 50 bullets were fired from the 3 officers, they weren't hit by 50 bullets. Was it an excessive number of rounds to be fired, damn sure was...but it's being made to sound as though these cops walked up and emptied there guns into these guys, and thats bullshit. One man, the one that was ******, I believe he was struck twice, thats more then acceptable, officers are trained to fire twice at center mass, the other 2 were hit a total of 8 times if I heard the news person correctly. When a cop tells you to stop, you fucking stop, and you do it now, there was just as good of a chance that these guys did have a ***, and would have shot the cops dead right then and there. I wonder how much outrage would be expressed if the 3 in question would have ****** a cop, and 50 rounds were fired, I wonder if the good Rev. Al would have advised the law officers families, and cried for justice. Oh yeah, it would have been a obscene and twisted cry for stricter *** laws, and the fault of society for failing the poor misguided African American youth, for they are merely a product of there environment.

 

[Friday on my mind]

It was very unfortunate that this happened in the first place. But then again, the law is the law. And apparently there wasn't enough evidence to convict. At least this verdict shows that the police do have the right to shoot at someone who is trying to run them over with a car. If the prosecution had come up with some more credible witnesses, maybe the verdict would have been different. But as is the case, judges don't really take much stock in the testimony of convicted felons and **** dealers.

And another thing, I love how the NAACP and Sharpton try to make this about race when most of the officers involved in the shooting were black. :1orglaugh

From the article:

It still is a race based incident even if some of the officers were black.They are now part of the police ***** and see themselves as being part of us against them even if them is racially like them.Do you ever hear of such things that involve whites as the victims? No you don't but this kind of thing has repeatly happened involving blacks in NYC.

Especially if they are young black males who fit the profile. :nono:

New Yorkers think that southerners are backwards racists. They need look no further than their local police department.

Absolutely.And while I think it would just play into the hands of those who say these people might have been a danger to police even though the victims were confronted by people outside there vehicle in plain clothes pointing guns at them.I wonder why some of the very strong advocates of 2nd amendment rights are not saying these folks should pack guns and have the right to defend themselves against an oppressive police *****.As that was what the real intent of the right was ,to be able to defend yourself against govt who would deprive you of life or liberty.But again if they did it would really just play into the hands of those who approve of the actions of the police and use that as justification for shoot 1st ask questions later as was done here.

Here's my man Al Sharpton doing his best to calm the situation down.

Yeah this is all about bad ole AL isn't it?:eek:
How dare he call for economic action and other non-violent protests.Just who do these people think they are? Americans with a right to not be shot?

I guess when you start trouble outside of a bar, because you're being a ******* moron, then you try to run down a cop, then you hit a car with a cop driving it, then make sudden movements as though you are reaching for a weapon, I guess you should just be ignored and let to act as disorderly as you would like. 50 bullets were fired from the 3 officers, they weren't hit by 50 bullets. Was it an excessive number of rounds to be fired, damn sure was...but it's being made to sound as though these cops walked up and emptied there guns into these guys, and thats bullshit. One man, the one that was ******, I believe he was struck twice, thats more then acceptable, officers are trained to fire twice at center mass, the other 2 were hit a total of 8 times if I heard the news person correctly. When a cop tells you to stop, you fucking stop, and you do it now, there was just as good of a chance that these guys did have a ***, and would have shot the cops dead right then and there. I wonder how much outrage would be expressed if the 3 in question would have ****** a cop, and 50 rounds were fired, I wonder if the good Rev. Al would have advised the law officers families, and cried for justice. Oh yeah, it would have been a obscene and twisted cry for stricter *** laws, and the fault of society for failing the poor misguided African American youth, for they are merely a product of there environment.

My only comment on you post is on the fact that of the 50 shots fired only 10 hit there mark.Wow what well trained responsible police they are LOL.
Here I always thought police were suppose to be carefull about discharging their weapons and to be reasonably sure of where their bullets would end up.It's a miracle that those 40 shots that didn't hit any of the intended targets didn't end up ******* or wounding someone else.Yeah they emptied their guns ,they just weren't very good shots.





Finally all I will say is here here for Mayor Bloomberg,what an improvement he is over Rudy.His comments are right on target saying we must resepect the verdict, calling for calm, but pledging to work to see this kind of thing does not happen again and was joined by the Queens district attorney in that.
What happened that night is indefensible,50 shots by plain clothes police at unarmed blacks who had committed no crime.Spin it any way you like ,but the bottom line is the police acted inapproriately and a young man died on the eve of his wedding who was innocent as the mayor said due to that.

 

[Will E Worm]

Absolutely.And while I think it would just play into the hands of those who say these people might have been a danger to police even though the victims were confronted by people outside there vehicle in plain clothes pointing guns at them.I wonder why some of the very strong advocates of 2nd amendment rights are not saying these folks should pack guns and have the right to defend themselves against an oppressive police *****.As that was what the real intent of the right was ,to be able to defend yourself against govt who would deprive you of life or liberty.But again if they did it would really just play into the hands of those who approve of the actions of the police and use that as justification for shoot 1st ask questions later as was done here.

A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

Second Amendment

I see the word Militia not military or FEMA,
We have the right to have, carry, and use weapons if need be and our rights have been infringed upon. When are enough people going to **** up?

 

[Dean Wormer]

Yeah this is all about bad ole AL isn't it?:eek:
How dare he call for economic action and other non-violent protests.Just who do these people think they are? Americans with a right to not be shot?

But it is Al Sharpton, the biggest sack of **** in the northeast.

 

[georges]

That is truly disheartening.