Manhattan Strip Clubs: No rights charge against NY police in 50-shot death
Sean Bell, 23, was killed and two friends injured outside a strip club after his bachelor party in November 2006. His death outraged New York’s black community, who contended that no white suspect would have been shot so many times, if at all.
In April 2008, a New York state judge cleared two of the officers of manslaughter and a third of reckless endangerment. Federal authorities then launched a separate investigation that could have brought civil rights charges against the officers.
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On the night of the shooting, the undercover officer who fired first, had followed Bell and his two friends to Bell’s car believing they went to fetch a gun to settle a dispute at the strip club. The police officer opened fire after being grazed by the car as Bell attempted to drive away.
See the full article from “Reuters”