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A Queens community voted to name a block after the man who was killed there in a hail of police gunfire. NY1 reports that "Liverpool Street between 94th and 95th Avenue [will be] 'Sean Bell Way.'" Sean Bell had been celebrating the night before his wedding at a strip club-lounge when he and his friends were caught in a confusing confrontation with police—undercover cops thought Bell and his friends had a gun (they were unarmed) while Bell and his friends thought the cops were trying to carjack them—that left Bell dead and his friends injured. (The cops were later found not guilty.) Bell's family was happy with the decision; his mother told NY1, "It was one good stepping stone, because my son's name will be seen out there on the street," while his fiancee Nicole Paultre Bell said, "I just want people to realize the person who Sean was, and he was a great man. And this tonight proves that there are people who do understand. And do realize that he was a great man, a great role model."
Queens Street To Be Named After Sean Bell
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When will they be meeting to discuss the renaming of streets for the 3 pirates killed last weekend?
hahahahahah thats hilarious. Why the not? If we're going to give petty criminals this honor...at least the pirates had a plan, instead of just being a thug criminal.
How much will it cost?
There have been enough expensive and needless renamings of things lately.
Great man, great role model indeed.
If you wanna get shot by the cops.
LAWL.
will it have 50 potholes?
lmaooo!
ouch!
I guess this gives the guy some street cred. Was Fat Al at the dedication ceremony? I don't see his name listed.
Is that what they're doing now, naming streets after criminals? Bell had an extensive criminal record prior to this shooting, arrested twice for dealing drugs (mainly crack) and once for illegal firearms possession. While the police shooting may have been excessive I would hardly call Bell a great man or a role model.
LOL.
Let's name a street after a guy who had many runs in with the law.
What the NYPD did was wrong, but if Sean Bell was being a responsible citizen this whole mess would have been avoided. It's like not they went after an outstanding person in the community.
"And do realize that he was a great man, a great role model." He sure is a great man (he knocked you up twice before he thought well maybe there might be some welfare money in it if I marry you) and a great role model to all the other thugs out there in the hood as well as his offspring.
No word on this from Big Al yet? Now that is "a great man, a great role model."
Sean Bell's death was a very unfortunate tragedy. He did not deserve to die the way he did, at the time that he died. However...
"A great role model."
The guy had quite a rap sheet and was playing tough in a very shady strip joint horus before getting married...threatening to shoot some guy with a gun he didn't have.
Role model? Please.
come'on guys! he's our Strip Club Messiah.
Sean Bell could have been the nicest guy on Earth, but was not a hero. He didn't choose to die for someone else nor a greater cause. He was just a victim. Naming a street after him is just celebrating victimhood.
...celebrating victimhood.
Which explains why Al is still getting support for retarded crap like this.
Criminals who die in the line of duty absolutely deserve streets named after them.
Come on, you guys are being cynical. Of course he was a great family man. Just look at the photo. Does he look like he's thinking, "How the hell do I get away from this ball and chain?" Well, okay, he does, but that's beside the point. Two out of three smiles ain't bad.
Actually it's three out of four. There was one in the oven I believe.