Sharpton Vows To Close New York City
The Million Lyncher March:
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to “close this city down” to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.
“We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realize that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians,” Sharpton told an overflow crowd of several hundred people at his National Action Network office in the historically black Manhattan neighborhood. “This city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell.”
Sharpton was joined by the family of 23-year-old Sean Bell - a black man - and a friend of Bell who was wounded in the 2006 shooting outside a Queens strip club. Two of the three officers charged were also black.
The rally at Sharpton’s office was followed by a 20-block march down Malcolm X Boulevard and then across 125th Street, Harlem’s main business thoroughfare, where some bystanders yelled out “Kill the police!”
Fifty of the marchers carried white placards bearing big black numbers for each of the police bullets fired at Bell and his friends.
Sharpton urged people to return for a meeting this coming week “to plan the day that we will close this city down” with the kind of “massive civil disobedience” once led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
“They never accused Sean Bell of doing anything. Then why is he dead?” Sharpton asked, his voice roaring with anger. Authorities “have shown now that they will not hold police accountable. Well, guess what? If you won’t, we will!”
“Shut it down! Shut it down!” the crowd chanted, standing up and applauding wildly.
Sharpton didn’t say exactly how they would protest the acquittals of the officers who fired the 50 shots. He said Bell’s supporters could demonstrate all over the city, from Wall Street to the home of Justice Arthur Cooperman, who on Friday acquitted the three detectives after a nonjury trial.
Sitting behind Sharpton as he spoke were Bell’s parents, his sister and Nicole Paultre Bell, who took her fiance’s name after his death.
“The justice system let me down,” Paultre Bell told the crowd in a soft voice. “April 25, 2008: They killed Sean all over again. That’s what it felt like to us.”
It was her first public comment since she stormed out of a courtroom Friday after the NYPD detectives were cleared in Bell’s killing as he left his bachelor party.
One of Bell’s companions, Joseph Guzman, also spoke briefly on Saturday, saying: “We’ve got a long fight.”
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Oh, this is gonna get Hussein votes, oh yeah….
April 26th, 2008 at 11:10 pmGOOD LUCK, AL
April 26th, 2008 at 11:11 pmAfter reading up on this case, it appears that the victims in the shooting were trying to act like thug Gansta Rappers and acted like they were hardcore and armed and ready to “busta cap” in someone’s ass. This got them into deep shit because the people watching this act were concerned undercover police officers who took them seriously. This the kind of stuff that leads to shootings every week in Chicago and New York bars and clubs.
So, now we have the Race pimps threating terrorist actions to shut down New York after a fair trial and weak evidence was presented. The King of race baiting Poverty Pimps is now gonna use thug and mob rule threats against the Criminal Justice System and make the entire city pay for his bullshit con.
April 26th, 2008 at 11:31 pmgonna have to disagree with you there. Regardless of how “thugish” they were acting. 50 bullets between three cops, that’s all three clips and at least one reload without ever SEEING a weapon.
I never thought I’d say this, but Sharpton may have a point here
April 27th, 2008 at 12:08 amAnother Sharpton shakedown.
April 27th, 2008 at 1:57 amIts only a matter of time before Al demands a global racism tax and forces us to buy racism credits.
I know all liberals are douche bags,
April 27th, 2008 at 4:09 ambut why is it especially so for the ones named Al?
“Sharpton Vows To Close New York City”
Too late tinkerbell. New York City has been closed for a long time.
Closed with no chance of opening up to civility.
April 27th, 2008 at 4:30 amSharpton should “martyr” himself for “the cause”. I seriously cannot stand that race-baiting coquesucker.
April 27th, 2008 at 7:01 amAnother shakedown is right. The last time Al NotsoSharpton pulled a stunt like this an innocent white dude got killed. Why is it that this race-baiter is never held accountable?
April 27th, 2008 at 8:54 amIf he incites another riot, I hope he gets the max.
“Oliver responded by emptying his semiautomatic pistol, reloading, and emptying it again. Isnora fired 11 rounds, and Cooper four. Two other officers who fired weren’t charged.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352689,00.html
There were actually five people who fired, but you’re right that someone reloaded. Mr. Oliver is the only one who I see who might be guilty. To empty you magzine, which he is the only one who did, is normal in this situation without realizing it. But to empty, reload and empty again?
April 27th, 2008 at 9:46 am“without ever SEEING a weapon.”
Yeah, disregard the fact that the thugs were ramming a police vehicle and SEE[med] to be reaching for a gun.
When the police use deadly force, they don’t fire one round and ask the criminal if they are still alive.
April 27th, 2008 at 3:16 pm