Gothamist: Grand Jury Hears Evidence in Sean Bell Shooting

'ol yeller

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:28:16 -0500

I know for a fact that those black officers can be racist to any color (including there own) when it comes to generalizing, geting money, or highering thier position. I really feel that the reason they choose not to show the officer, that initiated the shooting, because he has a high position in the force. Yes,If you look at the officers of color,you can tell that they know they were wrong,but they had to roll with thier "brothers in blue". There are good officer that serve and pertect, but thier other officers that use thier athority to try to over power people,no matter thier color, just because of thier position. It's time out for you'll. Time in for God "what is in darkness will come to light".

buddy boy

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:03:02 -0500

Jen, it's Neville Mitchell not Nelson Mitchell. But you're a blogger so you don't have to check facts, right?

techno freeky deeky

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 12:08:33 -0500

That's the first time I've even see a dept. photo of a cop smiling, even smirking. Usually their ID's are under a red background which means they are armed. Technology will weed out the bad, with all these cameraphones, MP3 players with mics, one could record anything. sure it might not be admissible but it's concrete proof. At least, bring it to the press and let the public know. and the Internet too.

JT

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:03:25 -0500

Even if the first shooter is black, it doesn't mean racism is not a factor. I'm black, but I can't help but be affected by persistent messages from society that relate to race -- messages about ideas of beauty and messages that black men are violent. I'm not saying the shooters go out and say, consciously, let's shoot black guys. I'm saying we all exist in an environment and systems that condition us for racism. Some systems are worse than others, and it's quite possible (given the recurrence of police shooting down unarmed black men) that the police, as an institution, is more racist that society as a whole. It's vital that we recognize this sort of institutional or systemic racism -- if we don't we can't change it. It's not enough to say "Oh, I'm not a racist" or "He's black, it couldn't be racist."

New York City Cops...

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 20:50:39 -0500

This does not nullify the racism aspect completely, because the guy who started shooting hasn't been shown. The rest just dumbly followed his lead. Plus I count two black guys and two white guys. Michael J. Palladino is a dumb and dangerous as the second guy looks. Is this supposed to make us feel better about NYC police? Who hires these freaks? Bloomberg! HELP US! Bloomberg? Are you even there?

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:17:45 -0500

why are they all on green screen? is this to help us fark them?

Bob Loblaw

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:07:29 -0500

The middle two are the whitest i hve ever seen. joke.

this is sick

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 18:01:04 -0500

carey is cuter.

Dede

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:02:03 -0500

Oliver's cute, too bad he's trigger happy...