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May 7, 2008 07:27 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting
 
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May 7, 8:09 PM (ET)

By TOM HAYS and DAVID B. CARUSO
(AP) The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Nicole Paultre Bell, right, are led away in handcuffs after being...
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day.

Sharpton, two survivors of the shooting and the slain man's fiancee were among about a dozen people arrested on disorderly conduct charges near the base of the bridge. Police led away demonstrators at several other bridges and tunnels in the city.

The protests were part of a coordinated campaign to urge federal authorities to investigate the November 2006 shooting of Sean Bell. Three officers were acquitted of state charges last month.

Sharpton, shooting survivors Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman, and Bell's fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, lined up and peacefully put their hands behind their backs as police put plastic handcuffs on them. Sharpton and Bell were placed in a police vehicle.

The civil rights leader is seeking a federal civil rights probe into Bell's shooting outside a Queens nightclub. The case raised questions about police use of deadly force in minority neighborhoods.

Sharpton had promised recently to "close this city down" with civil disobedience.

Bell was black, as are his friends Benefield and Guzman; the three officers acquitted in the case are Hispanic, black and white.

U.S. attorney spokesman Robert Nardoza said the case was under review, but he declined to comment further.

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Associated Press reporters Bonnie Ghosh and Ted Shaffrey contributed to this report.




"Quis custodiet ipsos custodies"? "Integrity is not a ninety percent thing...not a ninety-five percent thing. Either you have it, or you don't."
May 7, 2008 08:08 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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Sharpton is just a PUBLICITY seeker!
May 7, 2008 09:56 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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joanadarc said: Sharpton is just a PUBLICITY seeker!

 

Yeah seems so. Does he even have a church or is he a minister without portfolio so to speak?

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodies"? "Integrity is not a ninety percent thing...not a ninety-five percent thing. Either you have it, or you don't."
May 7, 2008 10:02 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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He looks like saying  "Mission accomplished" in that photo.  I bet this is what he wanted.  Now he can sue the NYPD until doomsday.  Why do they call this man Civil Rights Leader? 

 



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May 7, 2008 11:14 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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elaina said:

He looks like saying  "Mission accomplished" in that photo.  I bet this is what he wanted.  Now he can sue the NYPD until doomsday.  Why do they call this man Civil Rights Leader? 

 

 

elaina, that is not only a good question, it's a GREAT question and I wanted more info on this guy and found this on Wikipedia. I hope that Wikipedia is an accepted reference here as I trust it a lot. As for old Al Sharpton, he is against animal cruelty at least. Some of the other stuff is blatantly racist, BLATENTLY: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Sharpton

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodies"? "Integrity is not a ninety percent thing...not a ninety-five percent thing. Either you have it, or you don't."
May 8, 2008 07:06 AM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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I think his agenda is just blatantly greed.  He has found a group of peers stupid enough to fill his pockets.  And all in the name of "Civil Rights".  What amazes me is the fact that someone so dense can be so business savvy.

2 Chronicles 7:14
May 8, 2008 02:40 PM    View printable version     Link to this comment   
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I lived in NY during the Tawana Brawley case in the mid 80's....Sharpton, give it a rest!

Mr Sharpton, why do you want to keep your fellow black Americans "down"?  Because you PROFIT! That is pathetic.....you are supposed to love your fellow Americans no matter their color. God does not reward those who are out to profit for themselves....and I thought you were a "Reverend" at one point in your life.

This case was a tragedy, I was not there, I am unable to comment on the guilt or innocence of either party involved......

I simply resent the actions of Mr Sharpton...always trying to start a "race war". That is NOT what a good American would do Mr Sharpton! You are supposed to help and guide your community- so they can work hard, pursue education, a good job and respect in their communities. 



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