What a Nation gotta do to get some justice?
Civil rights leader the Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.
If you’re organizing a protest or know of any protests in your city, please email us or post it in comments. Let’s make this nation-wide.
William Bell, Valerie Bell, and Nicole Paultre Bell join Rev. Al Sharpton during his live radio broadcast as he speaks about the Sean Bell trial in New York City, April 26, 2008.
NEW YORK – Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.
“We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realize that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians,” Sharpton told an overflow crowd of several hundred people at his National Action Network office in the historically black Manhattan neighborhood. “This city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell.”
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NEW YORK — Three detectives were acquitted of all charges Friday in the 50-shot killing of unarmed groom-to-be Sean Bell on his wedding day, a case that put the NYPD at the center of another dispute involving allegations of excessive firepower.