Tag: Sean Bell

  • Living ‘Black’ in the United States of America

    And living to tell the tales. Traffic was heavy on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights on my way home to Ridgewood, NJ, after work on Wednesday, which wasn’t exactly news. But, as I approached a stretch where Route 46 and Interstate 80 go over Route 17, traffic eased and I saw the reason why. Rubbernecking…

  • Of a fire next time

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/nyregion/26decision.html?fta=y http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/nyregion/26about.html?ref=nyregion http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/27response.html?fta=y http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/27brown.html?fta=y http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/nyregion/26victims.html?fta=y http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/nyregion/26bell.html?fta=y http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/27/nyregion/27bell.html?fta=y http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/nyregion/28bell.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/nyregion/26cops.html?ref=nyregion Verdict in Sean Bell Case Draws a Peaceful Protest, but Some Demand More Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times About 150 people marched along Malcolm X Boulevard in Harlem on Sunday to protest the acquittals in the Sean Bell case. E-MAIL PRINT REPRINTS SAVE SHARE By…

  • Acquitted

    Gescard F. Isnora, left, Michael Oliver and Marc Cooper, the defendants in the Sean Bell case. 3 Detectives Acquitted in Bell Shooting By MICHAEL WILSON, April 26, 2008 Three detectives were found not guilty Friday morning on all charges in the shooting death of Sean Bell, who died in a hail of 50 police bullets…