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Cop's Dramatic Testimony About Sean Bell Shooting
@WPIXDetective Gescard Isnora, the undercover cop who fired the first shots in the controversial shooting death of Sean Bell in 2006, told his story publicly for the first time today. He was testifying in the NYPD departmental trial that's seeking to push him...Tags: Judges, New York City Police Department, Crimes, Justice System, Dining and Drinking
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Cops In Sean Bell Case Make Final Plea To Keep Their Jobs
PIX11.comIt was one of the worst police shootings in New York City history, and on Wednesday two cops who shot Sean Bell on his wedding day made their final pleas to not receive maximum punishment. A departmental trial, the NYPD internal equivalent of a court...Tags: New York City, Lawyers, New York City Police Department, Murder, Crimes
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NYC Paid Nearly $1 Billion Over A Decade To Settle Claims Against NYPD
Staff reporterThe fiancee and friends of an unarmed man killed in a 50-bullet police shooting on his wedding day said they wanted justice. The legal system gave them money — more than $7 million. The city did what it has done time and time again: pay. Nearly $1...Tags: New York City, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Los Angeles, New York City Police Department, Murder
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Cop Involved In Sean Bell Shooting Files Counter Suit
wpix.comA police officer involved in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell has filed a counter suit against the dead man's estate. Officer Michael Carey , who was acquitted of all charges in the case, filed the suit last week in Brooklyn Federal Court. He claims...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York City Police Department, Eyewear, Murder, Crimes
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City Settles Sean Bell Civil Case; Rewards Family $3.25 Million
wpix.comNo amount of money will ever ease the pain or bring Sean Bell back, but after several years of litigation, a million dollar settlement has been reached in the civil suit against the city of New York. Bell was shot down in a hail of police gunfire...Tags: New York City, New York, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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Family of Sean Bell Meets with Federal Prosecutors
BROOKLYN, NY - Family members of Sean Bell had their first ever meeting with federal prosecutors Tuesday. The meeting came almost two years after Bell died in a hail of 50 bullets outside the Queens nightclub Kalua, when undercover cops fired at Bell...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Justice System, Al Sharpton, Trials
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Feds Decide Not To Pursue Civil Rights Trial In Sean Bell Case
The Rev. Al Sharpton says there will be no federal civil rights case in the New York City police shooting of Sean Bell.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn had been reviewing the shooting of the 23-year-Bell, who was gunned down outside a Queens strip club...Tags: New York City, Brooklyn (New York City), New York, Civil Rights, Justice and Rights
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Some other situations DOJ peacekeepers handled
Community Relations Service, the neutral mediators of the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division, descend into communities where the residents perceive discrimination based on their race, color or national origin.
They mobilize from 10 regional...Tags: Racism, Crime, Law and Justice, Health, Al Sharpton, Health and Safety at School
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Sean Bell killing: NYPD forces out four officers
More than five years have passed since New York police officers rained 50 bullets upon Sean Bell and two friends the day before Bell's wedding, killing the would-be bridegroom. On Friday, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly fired Det. Gescard Isnora and...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Jesse Jackson, Trials, Raymond W. Kelly
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Cesar Chavez and farm workers get respect from U.S. Labor Department
In another tribute to Cesar E. Chavez and the farm workers movement, the U.S. Labor Department on Monday named the auditorium at its Washington headquarters after the legendary California labor organizer. It also added pioneers of the farm workers...Tags: Human Interest, New York City Police Department, George Meany, Murder, Samuel Gompers
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Like Trayvon Martin? Unarmed teen shot, killed by New York police
In a protest reminiscent of those surrounding the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida, marchers in New York City held a demonstration to demand the arrest of a New York police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed teenager after chasing him...Tags: Shootings, Drug Trafficking, Justice System, Bronx (New York City), Al Sharpton
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On Trayvon Martin and a mom’s worst fear
Moms At Work - Orlando SentinelAlthough I have obsessively read and re-read news stories about Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old Miami boy shot dead last month by a self-proclaimed neighborhood-watch captain in a Sanford community, I haven't been able to watch any television coverage...
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