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After judge lets off killer cops
Mass Sean Bell actions disrupt NYC
Published May 8, 2008 12:47 AM
Sean Bell’s fiancée, Nicole Paultre-Bell.
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New York, May 7: Many hundreds of people carried out massive protests and
civil disobedience today, during the afternoon of a work day, in at least six
key bridge and tunnel crossroads of New York City to demand justice for Sean
Bell, the 23-year-old African American who was killed in a hail of 50 New York
Police Department bullets in November 2006 in Jamaica, Queens, N.Y. The Rev. Al
Sharpton and his group, National Action Network, initiated the actions with the
support of the Bell family. The Bell case has become a rallying cry against
rampant police brutality around the country.
Protesters getting arrested including Sara Flounders, wearing glasses.
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Hundreds of people volunteered to get arrested on “disorderly
conduct” charges for blocking streets and traffic to express outrage at
Judge Arthur Cooperman’s not guilty verdict on April 25 in a Queens, N.Y.
courtroom against three cops who were responsible for cutting short
Bell’s life. At One Police Plaza, at least a hundred people got arrested
including Sharpton and Bell’s fiancée, Nicole Paultre-Bell. Also
arrested were International Action Center activists Sara Flounders and Dolores
Cox. As people were being handcuffed and put in paddy wagons and buses,
supporters chanted, “No justice, No peace”; “We are all Sean
Bell” and “50 shots.” Protest actions took place at five
other sites, including the Queensboro Bridge, the Midtown Tunnel and in
Brooklyn and in Harlem, where an estimated 1,000 people turned out.
Report and photos by Monica Moorehead
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