Manhattan Strip Clubs: Feds will not charge officers in Sean Bell case
Although Bell’s family could not be reached for comment on the decision, the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has been advocating for a federal civil rights trial ever since the officers were cleared of criminal charges in 2008, sounded off to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.
“I expressed to him my extreme disappointment in the decision and our legal advisers saw the evidence and federal jurisdiction differently,” Sharpton said in a statement.
Michael Paladino, the president of the Detectives Endowment Association, chastized Sharpton’s remarks.
“Once again, in an effort to push his personal agenda, he did a disservice to the Bell family and the community,” he said in a statement.
The dismissal of the case closes another chapter in the events that have surrounded the shooting, which took place outside the now-defunct Kalua Cabaret strip club in Jamaica.
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