Topic: Sean Bell

Sean Bell - Demonstrators gather in front of One Police Plaza as a series of protests take place in response to the acquittal of three policemen who gunned down Sean Bell, who was unarmed, on May 7, 2008 in New York. The protesters, who gathered at key bridge and tunnel crossings, hope to put pressure on the federal authorities to bring civil rights charges against the detectives. (UPI Photo/Monika Graff)

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Demonstrators gather to protest acquittal of officers who shot Sean Bell in New York

Demonstrators gather in front of One Police Plaza as a series of protests take place in response to the acquittal of three policemen who gunned down Sean Bell, who was unarmed, on May 7, 2008 in New York. The protesters, who gathered at key bridge and tunnel crossings, hope to put pressure on the federal authorities to bring civil rights charges against the detectives.

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Sharpton guilty in raucous Bell protest

NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton was convicted of disorderly conduct Wednesday for his role in protests following acquittals in the police shooting of an unarmed black man.

Sharpton scrubs All-Star Game protests

NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton says next week's planned protests over the acquittals of three New York police officers in a controversial shooting have been called off.

NYPD files internal charges in shooting

NEW YORK, May 21 (UPI) -- Three New York police officers acquitted in the Sean Bell shooting and a fourth officer who wasn't charged face new internal departmental charges.

Bell supporters tie up traffic

NEW YORK, May 7 (UPI) -- Hundreds of people upset with the acquittal of three New York cops in the shooting death of Sean Bell created traffic havoc Wednesday in protest, police said.

NYC faces protests in Bell verdict

NEW YORK, April 26 (UPI) -- The fiancee of Sean Bell said Saturday she will lead marches in New York to protest the acquittal of police detectives who shot him to death.

U.S. officials to review Sean Bell killing

NEW YORK, April 25 (UPI) -- The U.S. Justice Department said Friday it would review the killing of Sean Bell, shot to death by New York City police just hours before he was to be married.

Details hazy in NYPD shooting trial

NEW YORK, March 5 (UPI) -- Testimony from two New York police officers showed a confusing scene outside a Queens strip club where officers shot an unarmed man to death in 2006.

Victim's fiance sues New York police

NEW YORK, July 25 (UPI) --

Indicted N.Y. officers surrender to court

NEW YORK, March 19 (UPI) -- The three New York police officers recently indicted in the death of a 23-year-old black man formally surrendered Monday at an area courthouse.

3 NYC detectives charged in killing

NEW YORK, March 16 (UPI) -- Three New York City police detectives were indicted Friday in the fatal shooting of a young unarmed black man on his wedding day, a defense lawyer said.

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