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  1. Trayvon Martin Case: ABC News Radio Conversation on Race and Justice

    Wed, 28 Mar 2012

    recalled thinking when he learned of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed questioning for a few hours on the night of the shooting , Zimmerman's attorney said, despite about how to stay safe. It began with Sean Bell , she said. Now this has revived the

  2. Clem's Chronicles: Nuclear Power/Taliban CEO captured/Hamas Official Assassinated

    Tue, 16 Feb 2010

    That's all I can say." (Associated Press) -- SEAN BELL - Federal prosecutors have decided against pressing a civil rights case in the 2006 New York City police shooting of Sean Bell . Bell was gunned down outside a Queens strip club

  3. NYPD Seeks Disciplinary Charges in Shooting of Groom

    Thu, 19 Feb 2009

    police officers are facing disciplinary charges in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day. Police officials confirmed could result in their firing. Twenty-three-year-old Sean Bell died in a hail of 50 bullets in 2006 after his bachelor party

  4. Cops Cleared in Groom's 50-Shot Slaying

    Thu, 19 Feb 2009

    Bell's friends who survived the shooting may have been motivated in chaos outside Club Kalua, Sean Bell , 23, was gunned down by police to his grave. 'Justice for Sean Bell ' Bell supporters have rallied signs that read "Justice for Sean Bell " during a two-month trial

  5. Teen Killed by Cops Had Brush, Not Gun

    Thu, 19 Feb 2009

    had been wielding. Kelly called the shooting a "terrible tragedy," adding that November 2006, an unarmed man named Sean Bell was killed after police fired 50 bullets gun, out of his pocket. The Diallo shooting prompted Bruce Springsteen to pen a song

  6. Obama: Rev. Wright's Response 'To Be Expected'

    Fri, 25 Apr 2008

    former pastor, his next moves in race to the Democratic nomination and the New York City cops' acquittal in the shooting death of Sean Bell . Obama disputed that a weakness with white working class voters would be an issue in the general election match

News

  1. Obama on Bell: 'A Nation of Laws' Must 'Respect the Verdict'

    Fri, 25 Apr 2008

    ruling to clear the three police officers in the shooting death of 23-year-old Sean Bell , Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama thing for people who are concerned about that shooting is to figure out how do we come together and

  2. Sources: 3 of 5 Officers Indicted in Bell Shooting

    Fri, 16 Mar 2007

    learned that three of the five officers involved in the Sean Bell shooting will be indicted. Sources say officers Marc Cooper five officers responsible for the shooting death of Sean Bell and the wounding of Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman

  3. Shootings Bring Police Self-Examination

    Sat, 16 Dec 2006

    The night Sean Bell was shot to death outside a Queens strip club last month, the spray where officers are feeling the ripple of resentment over the New York shooting nearby, newly-elected Mayor Cory Booker said crime will never ease

  4. One Night in New York: 50 Shots

    Thu, 14 Dec 2006

    in the New York borough of Queens on the night of Nov. 25, Sean Bell 's friend Jean Nelson says he saw everything when the young Basically, hell is going on," he said. "They basically shooting like it's cross firing. I'm trying to get out of there

  5. How Common Is Contagious Shooting ?

    Mon, 27 Nov 2006

    fired 50 shots at bridegroom Sean Bell , a 23-year-old unarmed cops engage in "contagious shooting " against an unarmed suspect. "Contagious shooting " refers to the phenomenon multiple officers will start shooting once one officer has opened

  6. Outrage, Questions in Cops' Shooting of Groom

    Sun, 26 Nov 2006

    A police shooting of a groom leaving a bachelor the hospital where two of the shooting victims were being treated. The third, Sean Bell , 23, was shot four times Examiner's autopsy report. The shooting happened outside a strip club

Videos

  1. NYC Shooting Verdict

    Fri, 25 Apr 2008

    on all counts in the shooting death of a 23 year old case. A New York City shooting normally get national attention but the case of Sean Bell is different. He was they had been convicted Sean Bell 's father is already involved in the deadly shooting . Should face civil

    Sean Bell found at 0:59, 1:53

    back not guilty. Today in New -- a verdict in another police shooting case was issued and again there were cries of injustice. With more on this ABC's Lindsey Davis. Commotion and chaos. Outside of New York City courtroom today. After a judge delivered her verdict of not guilty on all counts in the shooting death of a 23 year old bridegroom. It bothers us the bank. That it's not -- sit in court. As saying He examined the ball did that the law and raise the issue of justification. Yes oh did not guilty verdict in this case. A New York City shooting -- normally get national attention but the case of Sean Bell is different. He was killed hours before his November 2006 wedding He was unarmed as He left his bachelor party -- five
    were eligible for 25 years in prison if they had been convicted Sean Bell's father is already proceeding with a civil suit. Linda Davis ABC news New York. The Justice Department announced today that it will review the case to determine whether the officers involved in the deadly shooting . Should face civil rights charges.
  2. Wedding Day Shooting

    Fri, 15 Dec 2006

    alone. In total 21 bullets Sean Bell 's car. Astonishingly one Guzman trench and field and Sean Bell were taken to local hospitals. Sean Bell was pronounced dead at 4 armed thereby provoking the shooting . Before leaving the scene

    Sean Bell found at 0:23, 1:25, 2:33

    that bachelor party intersected with undercover police with tragic results. The groom Sean Bell of course died last month. In a hail of police bullets. Prosecutors are now weighing if the offices should face charges and
    in the Borough of queens. It was to be 23 year old Sean Bell's bachelor -- The following day -- one would marry his longtime girlfriend Nicole at a local church. His friend Trent Bennett field
    that gene Nelson says he arrived in his own vehicle and found Sean Bell just outside the club involved in an argument. -- they give back this man had his hand in the -- -- get
  3. Webcast: NYC Shooting Verdict, Abu Ghraib Documentary, Wounded Warriors

    Fri, 25 Apr 2008

    death of 23 year old Sean Bell . An unarmed black were injured in the shooting the police said A New York City shooting normally get national but the case of Sean Bell is different. He had been convicted Sean Bell 's father is already involved in the deadly shooting should face civil

    Sean Bell found at 0:29, 3:56, 4:49

    acquitted today on all charges involving the death of 23 year old Sean Bell . An unarmed black man who died in a hail of fifty bullets. Fired by detectives outside a nightclub in 2006. Two other men with -- that night were injured in the shooting the police said they believed bell and the other men that night were armed and dangerous. Emotions ran high after the verdict
    back not guilty. Today in New -- a verdict in another police shooting case was issued and again there were cries of injustice. With more on this ABC's Lindsey Davis. -- Oceanic and chaos. Outside -- New York City courtroom today. After a judge delivered -- verdict of not guilty on all counts in the shooting death of a 23 year old bridegroom. It bothers us the bank. That it's not -- sit in court. As saying He examined the law. Patent law and raise the issue of justification. Yes oh did not guilty verdict in this case. A New York City shooting -- normally get national attention but the case of Sean Bell is different. He was killed hours before his November 2006 wedding He was unarmed as He left his bachelor party -- five
    were eligible for 25 years in prison if they had been convicted Sean Bell's father is already proceeding with a civil suit. Linda Davis ABC news New York. The Justice Department announced today that it will review the case to determine whether the officers involved in the deadly shooting should face civil rights charges. Next we're gonna turn to politics and a man who has sparked a nationwide conversation about religion
  4. World News: Iraq Study Group; NYC Shooting ; CIA Ad Campaign; 20 Songs in 20 Years

    Mon, 27 Nov 2006

    excessive force was used in the shooting that killed New York City outrage in New York over the shooting of an unarmed man just of those bullets killed Sean Bell the 23 year old father of two was to be the the shooting has inspired an avalanche

    Sean Bell found at 8:59

    stories we're following today is the outrage in New York over the shooting of an unarmed man just a few hours before his wedding. Early Saturday morning police officers fired more than fifty shots of the car carrying the -- and two others. Shortly after the group left a strip club where they were celebrating with a bachelor party. Two of those bullets killed Sean Bell the 23 year old father of two -- was to be the -- the shooting has inspired an avalanche of criticism including. From the outspoken activist the Reverend Al Sharpton. -- of -- fifty bullets -- robot arm arm meant no guns at all filed anyway please let me read to become the judge jury and executioner. Of people who may or may not be involved in what they claim they overheard it overheard and then you talk about fifty shots. I mean at what point do police understand the when shooting back -- -- Now New York police chief Raymond Kelly has said officers shot at the car only after it ran into an unmarked police minivan. And there is an explanation though not quite a justification. For cases were officers fire. A seemingly large amount of bullets in one incident it is called contagious shooting . And we talked to a criminal justice professor about that. The one offices of firing and -- often it should be because
  5. NYC Police Officers Indicted

    Fri, 30 Mar 2007

    has learned that three of the five officers involved in the shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day will be indicted. Sean Bell was killed in the five officers began shooting . They ended up fifty shots meantime two other men were also

    Sean Bell found at 0:07

    BC has learned that three of the five officers involved in the shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day will be indicted. Sean Bell was killed in the five officers began shooting . They ended up -- -- fifty shots meantime two other men were also wounded in the incident. The decision comes after three
  6. Groom Fatally Shot Before Wedding

    Sun, 26 Nov 2006

    This is 23 year old Sean Bell was shot to death by memories of the 1999. Shooting death of After the mistakenly on the New York City shooting in which police fired spokesperson for the family of Sean Bell . The man who was killed

    Sean Bell found at 0:13, 2:16

    casings shattered glass litters the asphalt. This is -- 23 year old Sean Bell was shot to death by police early Saturday morning. He was -- father of two excited to marry his high school sweetheart
    district attorney is now investigating. More now on the New York City shooting in which police fired fifty rounds into a vehicle killing one man and seriously injuring two others. The Reverend Al Sharpton is spokesperson for the family of Sean Bell . The man who was killed on what would have -- his wedding day -- reverend Sharpton joins us now in New York
  7. Sharpton Arrested at Protest

    Thu, 8 May 2008

    Reverend Al Sharpton and the family of Sean Bell this afternoon the meeting follows yesterday's acquittals of three officers charged with shooting bell Eyewitness News reporter at least the three detectives involved in the shooting says this protest as He. Nicole. At

    Sean Bell found at 0:03

    hold a private meeting with Reverend Al Sharpton and the family of Sean Bell this afternoon the meeting follows yesterday's day of protests. -- -- acquittals of three officers charged with shooting bell Eyewitness News reporter at least -- -- is live in Harlem with more -- Lisa. Good morning -- and the protests
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