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| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Verdict in Sean Bell Case Draws a Peaceful Protest, but Some Demand More Some protesters and advocates demanded federal investigations into the case and greater oversight of the police, while others puzzled over why the verdict had not yielded a stronger response.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM In Bell Case, Black New Yorkers See Nuances That Temper Rage Many reacted to the police shooting verdict with a muted reserve, saying the city felt less polarized now. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Bell?s Family and Friends, With Rising Anger, Say Fight Is ?Far From Over? Nicole Paultre Bell, who was to marry Sean Bell the day he was killed, departed from her familiar gentle demeanor and vowed to fight for accountability for Mr. Bell?s death.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Stunned Silence Is Followed by Sobs in Court and Vows of Protest The acquittal of three New York detectives who killed Sean Bell in a hail of bullets was received with anger and sadness by Mr. Bell?s survivors and their supporters. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Dramatic Testimony From Bell Shooting Survivor The man shot 16 times in the police gunfire that killed Sean Bell testified about hearing his friend?s last words.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Passenger in Sean Bell?s Car Recounts Shooting Trent Benefield, who was in the back seat during the fatal shooting, told the court he saw a man standing in front of the car, pointing a pistol at Mr. Bell.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Hope and Fear for Zimbabwe Vote Voters go to the polls this Saturday, with President Robert Mugabe, the iconic leader of a nation enduring catastrophic hardship, trying to retain the power he has held for 28 years.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM As Tibet Erupted, China Security Forces Wavered Witnesses say that for almost 24 hours after Lhasa erupted, police officers were often nowhere to be found.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Veteran Judge in Bell Shooting Trial Has Seen It All Before Justice Arthur J. Cooperman will preside over the trial of three detectives charged in the 2006 shooting death of an unarmed bridegroom outside a strip club in Jamaica, Queens. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Zimbabwe Opponent Criticizes Mbeki Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe?s main opposition party, beseeched South African President Thabo Mbeki to stop his ?quiet support for the dictatorship? of President Robert Mugabe. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Trouble on a Vital Road in Afghanistan Highway 1, Afghanistan?s main road between Kabul and Kandahar, has been rebuilt with $250 million from the U.S. and other nations, but it remains bedeviled by danger.Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Congressman Sees Bias in Chicago Traffic Stop A black congressman who was issued a ticket this week after being pulled over has accused the Chicago police of racial profiling in the traffic stop. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM City Police Stop Whites Equally but Frisk Them Less, a Study Finds Officers are more likely to frisk, search, arrest or to use force against black or Hispanic people, a study found. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM Chicago Police Abuse Cases Exceed Average Chicago?s Police Department, the nation?s second largest, is far less likely to pursue abuse cases seriously than the national norm, according to a new report. Click here to read this news article. |
| Friday 16th of May 2008 11:55:41 AM NATIONAL BRIEFING | MIDWEST; Illinois: Officer Now a Suspect In Wife's Disappearance Authorities investigating disappearance of Bolingbrook, Ill, Police Sgt Drew Peterson's wife, Stacy, say that he is considered suspect in that potential homicide investigation; say death of his ex-wife, Kathleen Savio, in 2004 appears to have been staged as accidental drowning; they have received court approval to exhume her body Click here to read this news article. |







