Gothamist: City Waits for Tomorrow's Sean Bell Shooting Trial Verdict

Snoopy

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:55:39 -0500

Shouldn't one properly say "Go get my gun, please."?

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:29:43 -0500

what "thug" or sane person would say, "go get my gun" I would answer, "go get it yourself" plain and simple. Go get it yourself.

UnrepentantFenian

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:19:15 -0500

This isn't about race. This is cop vs. thug. These jerk-offs dress like thugs, act like thugs, talk like thugs, and then they're shocked when they get treated like thugs. If these guys were hanging out in the lower east side drinking PBRs and wearing skinny jeans - they might be mocked but not shot. Bell and his friends put themselves in this jackpot. Fuckem.

Kojak

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:15:36 -0500

NOTHING is going to happen. Why do people think that NY is going to break out in riots if the Verdict goes the wrong way? We've come a long way from the 70's.

Gustastic

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:53:57 -0500

I still think it was a racially motivated shooting. Either way, I'm staying out of my town in Eastern Queens tonight until I'm sure things aren't out of control - I think my friends outside of NYC need some love today. :|

Snoopy

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:01:27 -0500

Can someone please explain to me what this whole thing is about? From what I read we have two sets of assholes out in the early morning hours, one set drunk on booze and who knows what else, and the other drunk on their own perceived power trip. Set one struts there shit and confronts set two and all hell breaks loose. One extreme asshole from set two decides that he has to empty not one, but two clips at the alleged perps. If it wasn't for the extreme prejudice that the asshole from set two showed, it wouldn't be much of a deal. It wasn't a racially motivated shooting.

Snoopy

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:48:52 -0500

See I told you people the dude was kind of clean. Only one firearms possession on his record and it's not spelled out if the firearm was a semi automatic or a full automatic weapon. What has this world come to? Forget about the dealing crack shit. A dude who is going to get married has to raise some green to pay for the bachelor party and shit.

Spear_Chucker

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:31:06 -0500

I believe the memory in question is that he only got arrested 3 times. Twice for dealing crack and the other time for firearms possession.

west side Michael

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:17:34 -0500

No riots, the NYPD is just showing support for their fellow officers by this extra 1000 cops on the beat. I think there was no criminal intent and the Federal civil rights will find these officers guilty of denying Mr.Bell his civil rights by well,killing him. I would not wish to be a cop making a split second decision on shooting or be shot at. I would not wish to be late at night in an SUV in that hood in Queens,either. A NYC Corrections officer was murdered by predators in his own garage who wanted to steal his motorcycle "Maybe we could take it for free" hardly an outcry about this sad event from a few days ago.

Snoopy

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:09:59 -0500

"believe the defense attorneys disgraced their son's memory." Huh? and what was that memory? He knocked up his girlfriend twice and he almost got married. What memory are we talking here?

Snoopy

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:06:17 -0500

Steven. Don't hold back on your feelings about this case.

Steven

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:27:08 -0500

Sean Bell parents are hypercritical as is Nicole. They are portraying Sean Bell has some outstanding citizen who was enrolled in college or who was doing something positive for society. Sean Bell parents should ashame of themselves of raising their son to live the gangsta life. For one I'm happy the NYPD killed this thug.

Snoopy

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:47:19 -0500

"Those Who Forget the Lessons of History Are Doomed To Repeat It." It has nothing to do with race, or maybe it does.

Art Stewel

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:46:46 -0500

The Bell family seems sensible, and Nicole exudes a complete heartfelt sweetness. Sean Bell hung out with a bad crowd and was at a bad place at the worst time. You can tell a lot about by someone by the friends they keep. Similarly, Reverend Al keep some pretty ugly friends and he has been all over Nicole and this case from the get go. Al Sharpton is a shit stain, and if not because he is likely a government rat, should be the one facing judgment and a long prison sentence. Unfortunately, Judge Cooperman has a great reputation for being a good judge. And a good judge would exonerate these cops from criminal liability, on all counts. And then there will be riots.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:46:38 -0500

Oh, there were looters, too.

JacqueMehoff

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:46:14 -0500

ain't gonna be no riot unlike what happened in Montreal the other night when they made it into the next round. and, it's just the playoffs. and, this is coming from a guy who wants to see one.

jamesl8n

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:35:01 -0500

wow, racist much

babyhitler

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:03:35 -0500

whatever. If they riot it's gonna be in east queens yo. Brooklyn's got the rich blacks so you no they ain't gonna mess their own shit up. And all the blacks in manhattan are UPS drivers so you might not get your packages.

Snoopy

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 19:36:41 -0500

Time will tell. I'm just glad I don't have an electronics store.