Manhattan Strip Clubs: Sharpton Vents At Holder After DOJ Drops Cop Shootout Probe
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Sharpton Vents At Holder After DOJ Drops Cop Shootout Probe
Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton rebuked Attorney General Eric Holder for the Justice Department’s decision today to abandon an investigation of three New York City Police Department officers involved in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man.
The DOJ said in a news release there was “insufficient evidence” to pursue civil rights charges against the detectives who shot and killed Sean Bell and wounded his friends, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, outside of a strip club on Bell’s wedding day in 2006.
Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper shot at Bell and his friends 50 times after reportedly overhearing remarks that led them to believe the men were going to commit violence. The police officers were acquitted by a state judge of all charges stemming from the shooting, which ignited community outrage.
See the full article from “Main Justice”