Luis Soto was shot to death after fighting with another man in Harlem early Sunday morning. Now, police say Soto was killed not by his attacker, but by a police bullet. Remember Sean Bell? Everyone will, like it or not.
New York City agreed to pay over $7 million to settle a civil suit over the shooting death of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old man killed by police on his wedding day in 2006. His fiancee will receive $3.25 million. [NYDN]
As Christmas approaches and hearts across the world are warmed by good cheer, New York Post grave-pisser Andrea Peyser would like to take the time to piss on a murdered man's grave. She's a contrarian, what can she do?
Has the Reverend Al Sharpton been on a bicycle at any point in the last 20 years? Or ever in his life? Whether he has or hasn't, he's joining tonight's Critical Mass protest, the monthly traffic-blocking mass bike ride that (full disclosure!) we've ridden in ourselves, though not in New York, because in New York they…
Michael Bloomberg on the aquittal of the cops who shot Sean Bell a million times for no fucking reason: "There are no winners in a trial like this." WE CAN THINK OF A COUPLE. [WNBC]
The three New York City police detectives charged with manslaughter in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell, 23, on his wedding day as he was leaving his bachelor party with two friends were acquitted of all charges this morning. The officers fired fifty shots at Bell and his friends, who were all unarmed, outside of…
Nicole Paultre-Bell, the widow of Sean Bell—who was shot to death by the NYPD on his wedding night in 2006 while unarmed—is now starring in an ad campaign for Rocawear. With her two young children. On the eve of the trial of the cops who shot Sean Bell [NY Post]. Tacky, or uplifting? This one is almost too close to…
On Saturday, thousands of people marched down Fifth Ave. to protest the fatal shooting of Sean Bell, the man who was gunned down by police outside a strip club in Queens on the night before his wedding. Let's see how the local papers covered it.
