Another sad story of a young man mistaken for having a weapon and unfortunately gets killed in a cross fire. Another sad story where us in the urban community white or black hear another young man is shot and killed by several police officers with around 50 gunshots. To me this story sounds all too familiar and it’s hard to even read about again.
What makes it even worse is that this young man was coming from his bachelor party and getting married the next morning to his high school sweetheart and mother of his children. I am trying to stay away from the race issues that obviously present themselves because it is just natural. But it seems to me that young men and woman of all races should be scared also because the police officers are making huge mistakes and taking lives. From my understanding the young man killed Sean Bell was unarmed and coming back from a party at a strip club. Now I understand how hard it is to be a police officer and they are risking their lives, but how many times can they make a mistake and murder and innocent man with 50 bullets. Doesn’t anyone remember the murder of another young black man a few years ago who was shot and killed with 50 bullets because he was reaching for his wallet. When does this contagious shooting stop and when will an officer pay for their mistake. It’s a sad story, but something sounds really weird and hope Al Sharpton continues to pursue the case.
Here is a brief story from the NY Post
” A Queens bachelor party turned into a bloodbath early yesterday when five cops opened fire on a car with 50 shots - killing the groom-to-be, wounding his two friends and leaving furious relatives demanding answers from the NYPD.
The 4 a.m. shooting in Jamaica happened just after the trio had left a strip club called the Kalua Restaurant and Lounge, where Sean Bell, 23, celebrated his last night as a single man, police said.
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said an undercover officer, part of a seven-cop unit conducting surveillance on the troubled nightspot, followed the men from Kalua after overhearing a fight in which Bell had said, “Let’s f- him up.”
Kelly said the undercover cop then heard Bell’s pal Joseph Guzman shout, “Yo, go get my gun!”
Moments later, a second undercover cop confronted the three men as they got into their Nissan Altima on Liverpool Street. The Altima pulled forward and hit the cop, then continued and crashed into an unmarked police minivan that had just turned the corner from 94th Avenue.
The Altima then backed up, jumped the curb, hit the rolled-down gate of a building, went forward and clipped the minivan a second time.
Kelly said the undercover cop hit by the van, just prior to his run-in with the trio, had yelled, “It’s getting hot on Liverpool! For real, I think there’s a gun!”
That detective squeezed off the first shot, Kelly said, and four other cops began firing what became dozens of rounds into the Nissan, bullets flying in all directions.
Kelly said a total of 50 shots were fired - including 31 by one detective.
A police source said the undercover cop had identified himself before he was hit by the car.”
What makes it even worse is that the other young men in the car with Sean Bell are in the hospital and are ok, but when Al Sharpton visited them at the hospital they were handcuffed. Here is a quote from ABC News:
“After meeting with the two wounded men at Mary Immaculate, Sharpton said he was outraged to find the pair handcuffed to their hospital beds. The two were unshackled later Saturday and have not been charged with a crime.”
Now lets be real how in the world will they even try anything when they are severely wounded by bullets. Well here are some links to the story and some quotes and I want everyone to comment on this story and actually talk about something thats worth talking about for once. The comment button is right at the bottom.
