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NYC cops plead not guilty

by clorenz1 | December 10, 2006 at 07:02 am

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News Update: The three police officers indicted have now pleaded not guilty...Rev. Al Sharpton corrects himself to say the cops should be "shot", misstating himself.

The special prosecutor , Judge Richard Brown, is answering questions from the news media. He has confirmed that two of the five police officers implicated in the death of Sean Bell have not been indicted.

The three policemen indicted in the death of Sean Bell turned themselves in this morning in NYC.

An 8-count indictment sealed until this morning, charged 3 of the 5 officers Michael Oliver charged with manslaughter and reckless manslaughter. Oliver also charged with reckless endangerment. Altogether, police interviewed 1500 witnessess.

New York
-- A grand jury on Friday indicted at least three of the five officers
in the 50-shoot barrage that killed an unarmed man on his wedding day,
lawyers told The Associated Press.

Police have been worried that indictments might lead to officers to be overly cautious in dangerous situations, while others complain that police need training to prevent "reflexive" or "contagious" shooting.

The shooting led to massive protests in NYC.

Organizers called it, "Shopping for Justice," and the Rev. Al Sharpton led a huge crowd of protesters through NYC this past weekend that included members of congress, the Legislature, and the City Council. Aimed at changing police policies after the killing of Sean Bell by undercover officers the demonstration cut through a packed shopping arena in Manhattan.

This is the original story:

"We're not coming to buy toys, we're not coming to buy trinkets - we're coming to shop for justice," Mr. Sharpton, a man never at a loss for words, said at a morning rally in Harlem, explaining what could not be said in a nonverbal march. "Our presence is a bigger statement than anything we could ever say with our mouths."

In Midtown, shoppers gawked. Tourists snapped pictures and wondered what it was all about. Salvation Army carolers sang on, and the protesters, who had been admonished repeatedly by organizers to remain silent, kept discipline only in the front ranks, where members of Congress, the Legislature, the City Council and other V.I.P.s marched alongside a stone-faced Mr. Sharpton.

"It's New York, you always see crazy things," Margaret Rajnik, a nurse from Atlantic City, said at Rockefeller Center, where mobs of shoppers jammed the plaza in front of the skating rink, the giant Christmas tree and the golden Prometheus.

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Actual News Geezer

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at 11:29 on December 19th, 2006

Clorenz1, many thanks.

Actual News Geezer

at 13:07 on March 16th, 2007

Many thanks, clorenz1. We got your breaking news submission. It should be up shortly on our home page. I'd appreciate it if you could follow this story for future developments, and, if it turns out your story is in any way inaccurate, could you please make the necessary corrections. At any rate, thanks so much for keeping your eye on the news!

Kaitlin

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at 13:35 on March 16th, 2007

Thanks for staying on top of this story, it's certainly going to continue to be a major issue for some time.

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at 07:10 on March 19th, 2007

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at 10:34 on March 19th, 2007

Many thanks, clorenz1. The story was flagged as breaking but news flies fast and now another story is in the spotlight.

Many thanks for keeping our members up to date.

Jordan Yerman

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at 10:55 on March 19th, 2007

At NowPublic, this is high praise from NowPublic editors! Your story is now on the home page for awhile, and everywhere else the “good stuff” box shows up. Many thanks for your great work.