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| About me : | SEAN BELL DETECTIVES FOUND NOT GUILTY
By IKIMULISA LIVINGSTON and CLEMENTE LISI
Sean Bell's fiance, Nicole Paultre.
April 25, 2008 --
Three undercover detectives involved with unleashing a 50-shot barrage that killed Sean Bell outside a strip club hours before he was to be married were found not guilty this morning on all charges by a Queens judge.
Detectives Michael Oliver and Gescard Isnora were tried for manslaughter, felony assault and reckless endangerment in Bell's death near Club Kalua in Jamaica.
Detective Marc Cooper was tried for reckless endangerment.
PHOTOS: The Bell Trial
Oliver, who reloaded his 9mm semiautomatic Sig Sauer, fired 31 bullets, while Isnora, whose leg was hit by Bell's car, squeezed off 11 shots. Cooper fired four bullets, including one that hit the nearby Jamaica AirTrain station.
Dozens of disappointed Bell supporters had gathered outside Queens Supreme Court, while others, including Bell's fiancée, Nicole Paultre-Bell, and the Rev. Al Sharpton were inside the packed courtroom when Supreme Court Judge Arthur Cooperman, who decided the case without a jury, delivered the verdict.
Cooperman cited inconsistent testimony from prosecution witnesses and said the detectives were justified in firing their guns.
Bell, 23, was killed during the early morning hours of Nov. 25, 2006. He and several friends were winding up an all-night bachelor party at Kalua, a strip club that was under investigation by a NYPD undercover unit looking to make a prostitution bust.
Undercover detectives were inside the club and plainclothes officers stationed in the area.
Witnesses testified that at about 4 a.m., when the topless bar closed, as Bell and his friends left the club and got into an argument outside with another man.
Believing that one of Bell's friends, Joseph Guzman, was going to get a gun from Bell's car, Isnora told a grand jury last year that he followed the men and called for backup.
Bell, Guzman and Trent Benefield got into the car, with Bell at the wheel. Detectives converged on Bell's Nissan Altima and drew their weapons without identifying themselves, said Guzman and Benefield, who testified that they never heard the plainclothes officers identify themselves as cops.
Bell, in a panic to get away from the armed men, tried to drive off, his friends testified.
But the detectives thought Bell was trying to run down Isnora, according to their lawyers, and believed their lives were in danger.
No gun was found in Bell's car.
Not Guilty
Detectives Charged In Sean Bell Shooting Acquitted On All Counts
April 25, 2008
After two months of testimony by over 50 witnesses, the three detectives charged in the Sean Bell shooting have been found not guilty on all charges.
Shouts of "No! No! No!" and swearing erupted outside the courthouse immediately after the judge read his verdict, followed by cries of "Not guilty!," from within a huge crowd of people gathered outside the Queens courthouse. Some women were heard weeping loudly.
The three detectives who were charged in the shooting waived their right to a jury trial, leaving their fate in the hands of Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman. If they'd been convicted of manslaughter and other charges, two of them could have faced up to 25 years in prison. The third was charged only with reckless endangerment.
Bell was gunned down on the eve of what was to be his wedding day in November 2006 outside a nightclub in Jamaica that was being investigated by undercover police officers. Bell and his friends had just left his bachelor party when police say they heard one of them reference a gun. Police fired 50 bullets at the group as they tried to drive away, killing Bell and seriously injuring his friends Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield.
Detective Michael Oliver fired 31 of the 50 shots. He was facing charges of manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment. Detective Gescard Isnora faced the same charges. He was the first to open fire and was hit by Bell’s car. Detective Marc Cooper faced just a reckless endangerment charge for a shot he fired that hit a nearby AirTrain platform.
Dozens of people lined up early this morning outside the Queens courthouse hoping to get into the courthouse to hear the judge’s ruling, which was delivered shortly after 9 a.m.
Bell’s family along with that of his fiancée Nicole Paultre-Bell had breakfast just around the corner from the courthouse before walking inside just before the judge handed down his verdict.
The judge’s decision follows two months of trial and testimony from more than 50 witnesses in which two very different pictures were painted of the scene outside Club Kalua on November 25th, 2006. The prosecution described the undercover detectives as reckless, failing to identify themselves as officers before opening fire on a group of unarmed men, then fabricating a story to justify the shooting.
The defense argued the detectives thought their lives were in danger, believing Bell and his friends were armed after one of them thought he heard Guzman say he was going to get his gun. No gun was ever recovered. The defense maintains the detectives did identify themselves and question the motives of Guzman and Benefield, both of whom have filed $50 million claims against the city.
Many are wondering how the city will react to the judge’s decision. The mayor has held several community meetings to encourage calm, but the NYPD refuses to reveal what extra security measures are in place, if any. Both the city and Bell supporters say they don’t anticipate any civil unrest.
"We certainly don't expect violence,” said Kelly. “There have been several vigils and memorial services. There's been no violence attended to those services. But we're prepared for any contingency."
“We are the same people that when the trial was wrongfully moved to Albany of Amadou Diallo, that I stood on these steps when they were acquitted and said, ‘we’re not going to throw one brick or one stick and we didn’t. We’re the same people,” said Reverend Al Sharpton.
"There are other means for them in case they are disappointed with the decision," said Marshall. "They can move it onto a higher court."
Eight years ago, dozens of people were arrested for violent protests when the cops who fired 41 shots at unarmed Amadou Diallo were acquitted.
Given thanks for di word which is life and for life which is spoken by InI comforter Holy Emmanuel I, Jah Rastafari.
Di I Would love fi start out by saying di I isn't perfect suh if ur perfect stay away from mi. Secondly di I respects life and ne one who tries fi live by di right cuh no one by mon is perfect ogle by Jah site cyan yuh be dat. For he is di one who creates and he is perfection. He is di one tuh judge InI di power is in no one else but H.I.M.
Thirdly I would jus love tuh seh and mek di ppl kno dont stress ne thing. everyone ins searching tuh find and define dem self. If u a go thru a ting. it jus fi build u and teach u tings. Nuh vex wid no one cuh death soon come after dat, stress, headache, worry, e.t.c. jus try fi do di best u cyan do ina life and follow di right. life is not as haad as ppl mek it. kno ur needs get dem and forget ur wants. Dem di ones dat get ppl ina trouble. Stay bless beautiful ppl and may Jah guide and protect u all.
White Supremacist Protest in Jena, La.
JENA, La., Tue Jan 22, 07:52 AM
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A crowd mostly made up of members of the media listened as four white separatists demanded white rights, severe prosecution of six black teens accused of beating a white school mate and an end to the Martin Luther King holiday.
But the speeches didn't last long.
The "Jena Justice Day" planned Monday by the white supremacist Nationalist Movement ended about two hours earlier than organizers had planned, with most participants leaving long before that.
Still, Richard Barrett, a Nationalist spokesman, declared the day a success. He noted the group was successful earlier in having set aside the city's demand that it put up $10,000 to hold its rally and that it had collected about a dozen signatures to end the city's newly established interracial committee.
"We backed down the mayor, backed the committee down," he said. "So the chances are good we'll back the Jena Six down and Martin Luther King Day down as well."
The group opposes support of the so-called Jena Six — the six black teens whose case in September sparked one of the largest civil rights demonstrations in recent years — and a holiday for King, the slain civil rights leader.
About 50 white supremacists showed up Monday, with 27 marching to the high school and back before the speeches began.
About 100 counter-demonstrators turned out briefly to wave signs and shout slogans before marching away.
Chants of "No KKK!" from the mostly college-aged counter-demonstrators were met with a chant from the separatists that contained a racial epithet.
Several demonstrators reportedly showed up with guns. But there was just one arrest reported during the day — that of a man authorities identified as William Winchester Jr. of New Orleans and a member of the New Black Panthers.
The arrest came after dozens of state police, at one point, forced back 10 people, dressed in New Black Panther uniforms who had gathered around a podium where Barrett was to speak. The man identified as Winchester broke away from that group and was booked with battery of a police officer and resisting arrest. Members of the New Black Panthers at the scene declined to comment.
Nearly all the demonstrators and the counter-demonstrators appeared to be from outside of Jena.
John N. Hill, Jr., 58, of Monroe, La., said he felt compelled to come denounce the white separatists.
"Nobody fears these people anymore," said Hill, who is black. "If you confront evil you can stop it. If you don't confront it, it grows like weeds."
Race relations in Jena, with a population of about 2,800, have been in the news since the arrest of the black students accused of beating the white teen in December 2006.
About 20,000 people peacefully marched in support of the Jena Six in September.
Five of the black teens were charged with attempted murder, leading to accusations that they were being prosecuted harshly because of their race. Charges have since been reduced.
"I think people here are tired of all of this," said LaSalle Parish sheriff-elect Scott Franklin. "And it's a shame for this to happen on this day especially. But hopefully this will be the end of it. Both sides have had their say now."
--- OneLove I Love You wrote:
Life is precious. It is not meant to be wasted. It is worth living, and living meaningfully. We should ask ourselves what we need in life? What do we need to make of ourselves? What contributions do we make to society?
We need to reach the full stature of our personality. We need to grow in Love, Wisdom and in favour with God and all of Humanity. We have to make our personality bloom, make our life fruitful. Be kind, generous and useful to society. We need to develop our abilities and talents as best as we can. We have to be genuine people, honest to ourselves to everyone and sincere in dealing with our fellow Brethrens and Sistrens. Bless! For the greatest ability is dependability. What happens to us seldom depends on us. What we do depends on what we are. What others do to us is not sometimes in our control, but how we respond to what they do to us depends on who we are.
We are not only what we need to become. Every thought of ours, every word, every deed and every desire of ours leaves its autographs on us and shapes ourselves. We are the sum total of God Gifts to ourselves and our own doing with ourselves. If we need to reach a definite place, it logics follows that we must take all the steps necessary to reach there. We should do nothing and take no step which will take us away from our goals. OneLove! OneNess! Bless
Perception, Principle, Morals, Upliftment, Respect, Life lessons, making bad choices and learning from dem, being yourself, yu have nothing tu prove tu nobody except tuh de god in yu. InI muss learn how tu co-exist wid ppl and respect dem but yu nuh haffi X-cept dem zeen? If ppl wud stop worry bout what ppl tink and practice humility, meakness, and analize dem self. If ppl would stop bad talk ppl and start uplift ppl, if ppl would stop study ppl flaws unless they R tryn tu show dem di Right and di one recieven di criticism is actually reiceven it and fixn dem self. Mek dem be. Everybody is Wuks in the maken of rightousness. Membah di most high formed InI from di Earth b4 InI became in di likeness ah JAH. (symbolic) and tu be dat which is divine yu haffi go thru life and life nuh easy. Tu everyone MANY BLESSING FROM D MOST HIGH GOD. Emperor SELASSIE I, JAH RASTAFARI.
SELF RELIANCE hon. Prophet John (Marcus Garvey I) seh !
R ova X, Life ova death, memba d sabbath, peace and love, Redemption, Repartriation, Repatriation. and ah mon of right is god in d flesh, ah mon of X is di devil in d flesh. Holy Emmanuel I seh!
Further unno education, break everychain, nuh judge, tru equality, raspect, and freedom, justice H.I.M. stand fa.
Blackstarline
About one century ago a man by the name of Marcus Garvey started one of history’s most progressive movements that shook the entire world.
After traveling through different countries he realized that the black populaition around the world faced similar obstacles to freedom, and that the causes that produce those obstacles are also similar. That spurred him to establish in 1919 the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League; UNIA-ACL. The main purpose was black upliftment and African unity.
Although the headquarters and base for this remarkable Pan-African organisation were in the United States, there were several important divisions in the Caribbean, Central- and South America, Asia and of course Africa. What these divisions all had in common was consciousness of being Africans. Regardless if they spoke Spanish, English or French they were Africans.
Although the organisation did not reach its final destination, it has inspired movements and activsts from the very beginning, and still continues to exert tremendous impact on the world today. Kwame Nkrumah, Malcolm X, and The Black Panthers are just some of those who found inspiration in this great Pan-African movement.
One of the head cornerstones of the UNIA was the Black Star Line. This was a shipping line incorporated to link Africans around the world and create an independent economic development. Hence to take controll of our own destiny.
Our name the BLACKSTARLINE is a symbolic tribute to its predecessor, and a continuation in the spirit and tradition of African consciousness.
The speaker of the Ivorian National Assembly said in an interview:
“What is required is that all those who are today concsious of the dificulities encountered in the attempt to reform the UN, difficulities encountered by the African Union to resolve crises due to influence exerted over the leaders by ex-colonial powers, must mobilise to spread information in African countries, create networks across Africa to defend the rights of the African masses wherever they are violated.”
Ghanian writer Ayi Kwei Armah wrote:
“What is needed is an intelligent recognition that the addiction to old colonial habits and boundaries is poisoning life in Africa on a daily, hourly basis. Change would come in the form of unity. To work toward unity significant numbers of Africans would have to grow into a new and active sense of continental identity. It sounds obvious but needs stating: it will take concsious, active Africans, individuals and groups ready to live purposefully as Africans, to create the human Africa of the future.”
We the BLACKSTARLINE crew find all this as obvious calls to organise and activate ourselves and our fellow Africans. One person can not do everything, but all of us can do something. BLACKSTARLINE intends to contribute to the Panafrican tradition by providing our visitors with up to date information about what is going on in the African world. In addition to this, we are working on a community to function as a platform for dedicated Africans to meet and interact with each other.
Welcome aboard the BLACKSTARLINE!
Executive Editor
Samson Beshir
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Friday, May 16 2008
qubee21 says:
thanks 4 ur inspiring words wow u r really deep into ur stuff and u r so right the u.s.a is the beast. Blessed love always . Dont b a stranger
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Friday, May 16 2008
qubee21 says:
thanks 4 ur inspiring words wow u r really deep into ur stuff and u r so right the u.s.a is the beast. Blessed love always . Dont b a stranger
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Friday, May 16 2008
qubee21 says:
thanks 4 ur inspiring words wow u r really deep into ur stuff and u r so right the u.s.a is the beast. Blessed love always . Dont b a stranger
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Friday, May 16 2008
lady_lavi says:
blessed love ........ thankx for the words..... luv dat
gwaan duh u ting
love one
jah bless
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Thursday, May 8 2008
jamaicanprincess1978 says:
THANKS FOR THE B-DAY LUV
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Tuesday, May 6 2008
MsMention says:
Dropping sum luv on ur page .......loving Munga's prayer ......thanxxx 4 the pix comment b safe stay blessed
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Thursday, May 1 2008
Sexybubbler says:
love de playlist righteousness everytime,bless ras,guidance.
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Tuesday, April 29 2008
Sexybubbler says:
bless ras,guidance.
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Sunday, April 27 2008
urbanqueen_uk says:
Sunday blessings frm urbanqueen uk
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Friday, April 18 2008
thePriest says:
blessed hon. Yu need fi go a sabbath school, read, and grow ina ur self. Relize thee world for what it is and know dat ppl do wrong but wuh mek dem wicked is wen di consuming a blaze and dem noh change fi dem ways. As long as u a try fi do thee right my lawd, but again u bobo must strengthing ur faith and certain thing u will site from a distance and certian things u jus noh waan fi do seen. Noh mek ppl worri u my lawd. ina ur meditation yu mus I-tinuley mek the best jus as everyone else ina life. Ppl do things my lawd and regret. Never regret learn from and mek the best outta it. Stay bless my lawd and get serious about dis order my lawd. Dis yah a great order. blessed hon. prophet.
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Tuesday, April 1 2008
thePriest says:
Jah said if one person a study thee right ina babylon that person shall be spared. No sheep left for de slaughter my lord. Many R called few R choosen bobo. De name weh u have is powers ina dat name hon. Ina di Good book which is thee book of life which has manifested into flesh Amon. The black christ. Thee mon said, from the womb I have known u. Read that book my lord and si thee powers of that prophet. Everymon that stands for thee right will bi giving the X such as InI beloved comforter. memba all di good mon ina di book of life. Some good ppl nuh go mek it either. If you dont hold thee commandment of our lord ina your heart and follow them my lord. A judgement.
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Sunday, March 30 2008
thePriest says:
Hon. prophet if yuh want fi know more bout what a gwaan in a bobo hill contact thee congress tuh know a gwaan. My lord InI need fi stay in contact with thee congress, bobo nuh bother deal with no mix up ting.
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Sunday, March 30 2008
thePriest says:
Blessed honourable prophet Jeremiah. blessed love in the mighty words of the comforter which is life. Holy Emmanuel I, king Selassie I, Jah Rastafari. My lord you know bobo nuh really deal with thee reggae music . A bless page though. You need fi go a new Jerusalem school my lord, tru yu deh pon di right track. Dis a noh race of who cyan get there faster. It's a test of endurance. This yah a test fi see who can hold di principles and the order of di faith. This is a order of prophet, priest, and king order hon. this is the order of Melchizedek. May you stand under the banner of righteousness. Do not what the heathens do my lord ! for there reward is now on earth. Memba what you do for Zion will be great in Zion. U have made a choice of salvation my lord. U have choosen the right. life ever lasting, life over death. right over wrong, black over white. May di words sound of di most high guide and protect thee and if ever yu catch fire may it be dat of the purging and not thee fire of consuming.
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Thursday, March 27 2008
KAYsoSWEET says:
thank for the request bless
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Monday, March 17 2008
cer says:
thanks for the comment,keep doing what u doing,blessing, nuff love
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Saturday, March 8 2008
Blessed_Warrior_Princess says:
blessed love... jus came by to show some love 2 ur page....
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Saturday, March 1 2008
PrttyRed000 says:
hi
how u doing
thanx for the add
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Friday, February 22 2008
SEXILIOUS_SASHA says:
Your words are so uplifting thank you for the love on my page its really appreciated and you are always welcome to drop by anytime. Blessings!
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Thursday, February 7 2008
DjSmileyb says:
Blessed love in the name of his Majesty Emporer Haile Selassie. How good an how plesent it is to dwell in His pressence. May alla ur journeys be safe and prosperous.Peace an love.
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Thursday, November 29 2007
EyeKandY says:
Thanx for the love hun....
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