A New York judge has found three police officers not guilty in the death of an unarmed black man who was hit by a barrage of bullets and died hours before his wedding.
Justice Arthur Cooperman cleared two officers of manslaughter and other charges and a third of reckless endangerment in the death of Sean Bell, 23. Along with two friends, Bell was shot after a bachelor party at a Queens strip club on Nov. 25, 2006. The officers fired 50 shots at him.
The case has generated outrage in New York's black community. A crowd of at least 200 people gathered outside the building, waiting for news of a verdict. Some wore buttons with Bell's picture or held signs saying "Justice for Sean Bell." The Reverend Al Sharpton is calling for a weekend of protest and civil disobedience in New York City. The judge told the court that the police officers' version of events was more credible than the victims' version, and that prosecutors had not proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the shootings were unjustified.
This case brought a lot of rage among the black community. It is not fair that these officers were let go. They killed an innocent man who did not shoot back once!!!!! Those cops deserve to be in jail for life. My question to these cops is that when they stopped shooting to reload their gun and they did not see Sean Bell armed or shooting back, why did they continue to fire their guns???
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