Manhattan Strip Clubs: No Federal Charges Filed in Bell Shooting
No Federal Charges Filed in Bell Shooting
Saturday, February 20th, 2010
By AFRO Staff
Protesters and police scuffle after the criminal verdict in Sean Bell case was announced in 2008. (AP Photo)
(February 20, 2010) – Five New York City Police officers will not face civil rights charges in the 2006 shooting death of Sean Bell, the U.S. Justice Department announced February 16.
Bell, 23, was shot leaving his bachelor party at a strip club in the early morning hours of November 25, 2006, his wedding day.
A review of the case by the FBI, Justice Department officials, and the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York did not find sufficient evidence that the officers had willfully acted to deny Bell and two friends their constitutional rights, the department said in a statement.