Sunday, June 15, 2008

Seannn!!

As you have may heard, the story of Sean Bell was tragic and had no justice in the end. In a nut shell, here is how it goes:
Sean Bell was a young twenty-three year old African-American man. He grew up in Queens, New York. On the night of November 25, 2006 Sean was hosting a bachelor party. The bachelor party was located at Club Kalua in Jamaica district of Queens. It was also known that several undercover NYPD officers were at the party. They were there to keep an eye out because there was speculation that the club owners were operating prostitutes there. A fight had broken out, out side the club. One of Bell’s friends had got in an altercation with a woman and threatened her by saying “Yo, get my gun”. The cops had stopped Bell and his friends but allegedly, Sean was no co-operating. Fifty bullets were total after the incident took place. But some say the cops never identified them self’s as NYPD officers. Sean was pronounced dead. It was shown as a racially-targeted attack by the NYPD. The officers who were responsible for Sean’s death were on trail. On April 25, 2008 the officers were found not-guilty off all charges.
Predominantly, the black communities in the United States have supported the justice for Sean Bell’s family. Even celebrities have stepped up like The Game in this song 911 is a Joke (Cop Killa) off his new album LAX (2008). So, how come this was not on the cover of time magazine saying “An American Tragity”?

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