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Al Sharpton

Nov 30, 2011 at 6:02 pm

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Deputy Commissioner Will Recommend Firing Sean Bell Shooter

Deputy Commissioner Will Recommend Firing Sean Bell Shooter

A source close to the trial of two New York City Police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell says the deputy commissioner overseeing the proceedings overseeing the case will recommend that Detective Gescard Isnora be fired, NY1 reports.

See also: Detective Gescard Isnora Should Be Fired For Shooting Death Of Sean Bell

According to reports, the deputy commissioner will recommend to Police Commissioner Ray Kelly that Isnora, who allegedly instigated

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Al Sharpton

Oct 28, 2011 at 5:32 pm

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Sean Bell’s Killers Should Be Fired

Sean Bell’s Killers Should Be Fired

The Atlantic blogger Ta-Nehisi Coates recently wrote a post on the NYPD trial of the police officers who were involved in the controversial killing of Sean Bell.

While Coates believes that a cop who made a mistake like in the Sean Bell case shouldn’t be sent to jail, he does believe that their job status needs to be reconsidered.

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Al Sharpton

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:00 am

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Sean Bell’s Family Attends NYPD Disciplinary Trial

Sean Bell’s Family Attends NYPD Disciplinary Trial

Close to five years after the shooting death of Sean Bell on his wedding day, his former fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, said that it was a “nightmare” to sit through the NYPD disciplinary trial.

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“It can get overwhelming,” Bell, 27, said on Tuesday outside the hearing at police headquarters in Manhattan. “But this is in Sean’s

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Al Sharpton

Jun 2, 2011 at 8:29 am

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Cops Who Killed Sean Bell Will Face NYPD Disciplinary Trial

Cops Who Killed Sean Bell Will Face NYPD Disciplinary Trial

NEW YORK-Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper who were acquitted for killing Sean Bell in a high profile 2008 trial, are now facing an NYPD disciplinary trial according to the New York Daily News:

The NYPD would not provide any information on what would happen in the trial room, and lawyers for the cops did not respond to requests for comment.

Lt. Gary Napoli, who did not face any criminal charges

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Larry Young

May 20, 2011 at 10:55 am

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Sean Bell Community Center Opens In Queens

Sean Bell Community Center Opens In Queens

Close to five years ago Sean Bell was shot in a hail of 50 bullets on a Queens, New York street.

Today, a new community center erected in the name of Sean Bell has opened on the intersection now known as Sean Bell way in Jamaica, Queens. It is called the Sean Elijah Bell Community Center on Sutphin Boulevard, reports the Daily News.

The center, which will offer mentoring, GED and

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Larry Young

Sep 4, 2010 at 12:03 pm

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Sean Bell’s Fiancee Would Need To Move For Council Run

Sean Bell’s Fiancee Would Need To Move For Council Run

Yesterday brought speculation that the fiancee of the Queens man shot and killed by police before his wedding might run for the City Council seat left vacant with Councilman Thomas White’s death. At White’s funeral, Nicole Paultre Bell told the Daily News, “One thing that Tom White did tell me sitting in his office is the only way you can make change is getting involved, so I’ll keep that in mind.”

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Larry Young

Aug 13, 2010 at 11:45 am

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Mother Of Slain Son Says “Violence “Needs To Stop”

Mother Of Slain Son Says “Violence “Needs To Stop”

Denise Ford, mother of the late Tujuan Ford, and Trent Benefield, speaks about violence which has affected her family.

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Larry Young

Aug 12, 2010 at 10:28 am

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Sean Bell Killing And Harlem Shootout Share Tragic Links

Sean Bell Killing And Harlem Shootout Share Tragic Links

A weekend Harlem block party that ended in a spray of gunfire and the death of a Bronx man shared a series of loose connections with the infamous Sean Bell case.

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Larry Young

Jul 29, 2010 at 10:52 am

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Sean Bell’s Dad Responds To Union Chief: “My Son’s Death Is Not A Joke”

Sean Bell’s Dad Responds To Union Chief: “My Son’s Death Is Not A Joke”

From NYDailyNews.com:

Sean Bell’s dad lashed out Wednesday at a top police union official who called his dead son drunk – and suggested he brought on his own demise.

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Jul 27, 2010 at 9:20 pm

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NYC Settles Sean Bell Case For $7 Million

NYC Settles Sean Bell Case For $7 Million

From NYTimes.com:

Closing a key chapter in one of the most controversial police shootings in recent memory, New York City agreed on Tuesday to pay more than $7 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed by the family and two friends of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old black man who was fatally shot by the police on his wedding day in 2006.

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