Apr 25 2008
Sean Bell Case Verdict
Today, the defendants in the Sean Bell case all got acquitted and now the black community is upset. If you don’t know already, Sean Bell was killed, on the night before his wedding, by three police officers, who were undercover. The officers tried to stop Bell from driving away, but Bell refused and drove until he hit a van. When Bell stepped out of his car, he was shot and killed.
The judge for this case ruled in favor of the three officers on trial, despite the prosecution providing around 50 witnesses. He stated that some of the witnesses contradicted themselves, and their demeanor were questionable; therefore, the prosecution couldn’t prove the officers were guilty, because there was doubt about the reliability of the witnesses.
The thing about criminal cases is that, there has to be proof without a reasonable doubt to prove the defendants are guilty. Convicting somebody because the prosecution’s story is sad, isn’t an ethical way to handle a trial. It’s really sad that he got killed the night before his wedding, but we still have to look at the facts. And frankly, the prosecution couldn’t muster enough reliable witnesses to win.
The black community is extremely outraged and I don’t see why. First off, it wasn’t a hate crime. The guy just happened to be black, and two of the officers that shot him were also black. Al Sharpton, did a post trial interview and expressed his frustration with the verdict. He stated that the “justice system was aborted”, and they will prosecute the officers in the civil court. Al Sharpton, should read the trial transcript before coming to those conclusions. If the prosecution did have witnesses that contradicted themselves, it should be a no brainer that the officers can’t be proven guilty. You just can’t send somebody to jail, because it seems like the right thing to do.
After the verdict the black community was outraged. This video does an excellent job portraying the anger they felt. “These cops getting away with murder, and nobody gona say nothing” Those people feel really adamantly about sending the defendants to prison.
Yeah.
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He was shot at 50 times, 31 times by the white officer. Here’s a video showing how long it takes to shoot a gun 31 times and reload: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-15443