Sean Bell and the Police Acquittal
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Started by YoungPhenom4TheFuture
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May 2008
How do you all feel? Nearly 190 people were arrested this past Wed. [[including al sharpton and Bell's fiance]] during a rally protesting the unfair acquittal of the police officers who murdered Sean Bell. Although I believe those 190 people did "volenteer" to be arrested, if the occasion should arrise, don't you think the actions taken by NYPD were to the extreme? And what does this court decision mean for us and the rest of Black America?
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YoungPhenom4TheFuture wrote:How do you all feel? Nearly 190 people were arrested this past Wed. [[including al sharpton and Bell's fiance]] during a rally protesting the unfair acquittal of the police officers who murdered Sean Bell. Although I believe those 190 people did "volenteer" to be arrested, if the occasion should arrise, don't you think the actions taken by NYPD were to the extreme? And what does this court decision mean for us and the rest of Black America?
Nonetheless, what those volunteers did, was pointless. Sure, it shows the public empathy, but it didn't change the verdict of the case. To tell the truth, the whole case and verdict just shows that though we as the Black community have come very far, we still have a long way to go. It seems to me as though we are still 'three-fifths' of a people in the government's eyes. 
