Comments on: NY police cleared in 50-bullet murder of Sean Bell http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/ Religion, Policy, Activism Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:43:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Jasmine Ramsey http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3667 Jasmine Ramsey Tue, 06 May 2008 00:13:50 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3667 I am a teenager who just heard about the tragic lose of Sean bell. It broke my heart to hear this and to know such an incident had happened. But to me this case is not yet solved the courts may have let the officers go but justice is not yet served.But i dare any man to be let free after commtiting such a crime just because of a fatal mistake. NO WEAPON was found in the victims car but yet a life was taken an the killers were set free. So you tell me if this was just a accident for it may have been in the eyes of many but in mine as a young girl i see murder not just because of what others say but because in my own heart i believe anyone who fires without any proof of being in danger should be prosecuted for no man has the right to kill another man. But i say to those who think the officers should have been let free if you believe in God you tell me WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? yes the police are here to protect us but what protection is there when we have to watch our backs not for people around us but also for the cops who are suppose to be on guard. Many kids i know are terriffied of the police why because the reputation of a cop has now been transformed into a nightmare which no one wants to face in any case. But to all people not just blacks i say do not fear any man but God!! America is my temporary residence for i dare not call it my home. The land of the free is what they say but freedom should be the freedom of living your life without such crimes as this. yes there will be up's and down's but death comes by God's hands never by the hand of man. This comment is to all of you who think cops were just protecting us from sean you tell me what would you have done if that was your son in this car being shot for no logical reason by just a certain instinct the cops had. You tell me how would you take it? Either as protection or Murder? To Sean Bells family i say if our God is for us who could be against us for in due time justice will be served!! I am a teenager who just heard about the tragic lose of Sean bell. It broke my heart to hear this and to know such an incident had happened. But to me this case is not yet solved the courts may have let the officers go but justice is not yet served.But i dare any man to be let free after commtiting such a crime just because of a fatal mistake. NO WEAPON was found in the victims car but yet a life was taken an the killers were set free. So you tell me if this was just a accident for it may have been in the eyes of many but in mine as a young girl i see murder not just because of what others say but because in my own heart i believe anyone who fires without any proof of being in danger should be prosecuted for no man has the right to kill another man. But i say to those who think the officers should have been let free if you believe in God you tell me WHAT WOULD JESUS DO? yes the police are here to protect us but what protection is there when we have to watch our backs not for people around us but also for the cops who are suppose to be on guard. Many kids i know are terriffied of the police why because the reputation of a cop has now been transformed into a nightmare which no one wants to face in any case. But to all people not just blacks i say do not fear any man but God!! America is my temporary residence for i dare not call it my home. The land of the free is what they say but freedom should be the freedom of living your life without such crimes as this. yes there will be up’s and down’s but death comes by God’s hands never by the hand of man. This comment is to all of you who think cops were just protecting us from sean you tell me what would you have done if that was your son in this car being shot for no logical reason by just a certain instinct the cops had. You tell me how would you take it? Either as protection or Murder? To Sean Bells family i say if our God is for us who could be against us for in due time justice will be served!!

]]> By: Faith in Action | A small silver lining in the Sean Bell storm http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3599 Faith in Action | A small silver lining in the Sean Bell storm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:17:59 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3599 [...] the miscarriage of justice which was the Sean Bell verdict, I have been searching for some silver lining somewhere that might point to Divine Activity even if [...] [...] the miscarriage of justice which was the Sean Bell verdict, I have been searching for some silver lining somewhere that might point to Divine Activity even if [...]

]]> By: Rolland Howard http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3591 Rolland Howard Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:42:55 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3591 Oh - I now know why I didnt recall the names listed above - there were from 1964 - Wow, we have come a long way - Arent we lucky that we live in a free society Oh - I now know why I didnt recall the names listed above - there were from 1964 - Wow, we have come a long way - Arent we lucky that we live in a free society

]]> By: Rolland Howard http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3590 Rolland Howard Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:17:49 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3590 For my last posting I am going to call it: Survival of the Fittest: Rev - Please release all of those poor wonderful beings currently in jail simply because of the color of thier skin - I am hoping these fine upstanding citenzens will move into your neighborhood - NOT MINE - That is my survival of the fittest there is such a disproportunate amount of black people in jail because there is a disproportunate amount of black criminals Ask yourself this - Why are there far more middle-eastern people living freely in America today and not in Jail - they give a *&^*^ about their surroundings and dont kill or rape or murder (as much) - Change your society into one truly of peace instead of condoning evil and condemning those trying to curb it. In response to your last comment - I honestly dont know the situations of the people you refer to, but I am greatful for all of the vacant gravesites from the black criminals that gave up - listened and obeyed - At least they are only in jail ( away from me and my family!) Peace For my last posting I am going to call it:

Survival of the Fittest:

Rev - Please release all of those poor wonderful beings currently in jail simply because of the color of thier skin - I am hoping these fine upstanding citenzens will move into your neighborhood - NOT MINE - That is my survival of the fittest

there is such a disproportunate amount of black people in jail because there is a disproportunate amount of black criminals

Ask yourself this - Why are there far more middle-eastern people living freely in America today and not in Jail - they give a *&^*^ about their surroundings and dont kill or rape or murder (as much) - Change your society into one truly of peace instead of condoning evil and condemning those trying to curb it.

In response to your last comment - I honestly dont know the situations of the people you refer to, but I am greatful for all of the vacant gravesites from the black criminals that gave up - listened and obeyed - At least they are only in jail ( away from me and my family!)

Peace

]]> By: Rev. C. Solomon http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3584 Rev. C. Solomon Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:44:55 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3584 # 3 Rolland Howard Says: April 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm When a police officer speaks - Stop - listen and obey and you won’t die. Rolland, Go the gravesites of Schwerner, Cheney and Goodman, and tell them how it was their fault that they were murdered! # 3 Rolland Howard Says:
April 25th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
When a police officer speaks - Stop - listen and obey and you won’t die.

Rolland,

Go the gravesites of Schwerner, Cheney and Goodman, and tell them how it was their fault that they were murdered!

]]> By: Rev. C. Solomon http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3583 Rev. C. Solomon Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:40:48 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3583 Angela Davis provided an excellent appraisal of the judicial/corrections systems in the United States of America, about a month ago at Mills College in Oaktown California. As I listened to her speak, I wondered whether or not churches ought to be participating in Amnesty Programs in conjunction with local government(s). This may appear to be off topic, however, I keep wondering just how long the black community should help to feed the disproportional American justice system - we need our own! I've been stopped 4 times myself by the police department, on one occasion riding from church with the Bishop. It's not a good feeling when that blinding and paralyzing light is shining through the rear window of the car, knowing that one false move and you're dead. I also testified regarding the beating of a black woman by a white police officer in Richmond California. She was already handcuffed when he sprayed and beat her with his fists. We got his tail tossed out of the police department among other things! There are good cops, however, there are also bad ones as well. The code word at LAPD, at one time,was NHI. NHI stood for 'no humans involved'. NHI was customarily used when officers arrived at a scene where blacks were involved. The FBI unofficially tracks the number of times a gun is discharged along with its standard Uniform Crime Statistics. It only takes one bullet in most instances to stop a person - American citizens and police officers are emptying their guns, too often on their fellow citizens. Death by natural causes in some areas of the country means, being shot by the police department where blacks are concerned! Angela Davis provided an excellent appraisal of the judicial/corrections systems in the United States of America, about a month ago at Mills College in Oaktown California.

As I listened to her speak, I wondered whether or not churches ought to be participating in Amnesty Programs in conjunction with local government(s). This may appear to be off topic, however, I keep wondering just how long the black community should help to feed the disproportional American justice system - we need our own!

I’ve been stopped 4 times myself by the police department, on one occasion riding from church with the Bishop. It’s not a good feeling when that blinding and paralyzing light is shining through the rear window of the car, knowing that one false move and you’re dead.

I also testified regarding the beating of a black woman by a white police officer in Richmond California. She was already handcuffed when he sprayed and beat her with his fists. We got his tail tossed out of the police department among other things!

There are good cops, however, there are also bad ones as well. The code word at LAPD, at one time,was NHI. NHI stood for ‘no humans involved’. NHI was customarily used when officers arrived at a scene where blacks were involved.

The FBI unofficially tracks the number of times a gun is discharged along with its standard Uniform Crime Statistics. It only takes one bullet in most instances to stop a person - American citizens and police officers are emptying their guns, too often on their fellow citizens.

Death by natural causes in some areas of the country means, being shot by the police department where blacks are concerned!

]]> By: Rolland Howard http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3580 Rolland Howard Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:58:02 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3580 Its thugs like Sean and the "bad cop" from above that good police officers like the officers involved in this protection and serving theircommunity did - they protect us, the responsible black folk who live among the gangs and thugs Its thugs like Sean and the “bad cop” from above that good police officers like the officers involved in this protection and serving theircommunity did - they protect us, the responsible black folk who live among the gangs and thugs

]]> By: Rolland Howard http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3579 Rolland Howard Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:54:08 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3579 When an officer thinks he may die at the hands of a bad person he will save him or her self - Would it matter if they only used a single bullet or even wors Sean drove off in the state of drunkeness and killed a mom and her baby crossing the street. Dont blame the police officer for protecting you from Sean When an officer thinks he may die at the hands of a bad person he will save him or her self - Would it matter if they only used a single bullet or even wors Sean drove off in the state of drunkeness and killed a mom and her baby crossing the street.

Dont blame the police officer for protecting you from Sean

]]> By: Ensayn http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3578 Ensayn Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:43:51 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3578 Police are to stop the threat! When an officer empties his weapon, reloads and empties that magazine, has gone beyond stopping a threat. This is bad intention. MURDER!! @Rolland, have you ever smiled at a police officer and been accused of being intoxicated "because you look too happy?" A police officer pulled over a woman over here in the Atlanta area, had her car towed for a violation, he smiled at her and offered her a ride home. She smiled back and accepted his offer of the ride. Guess what officer friendly did? He put her in the car, drove her not home, but behind a building and raped her. This nice, hardworking officer, has destroyed this woman's life and is now free on bond despite her painful pleas to keep him behind bars. Rowland, growup and live in the real world! Police are to stop the threat! When an officer empties his weapon, reloads and empties that magazine, has gone beyond stopping a threat. This is bad intention. MURDER!!

@Rolland, have you ever smiled at a police officer and been accused of being intoxicated “because you look too happy?” A police officer pulled over a woman over here in the Atlanta area, had her car towed for a violation, he smiled at her and offered her a ride home. She smiled back and accepted his offer of the ride. Guess what officer friendly did? He put her in the car, drove her not home, but behind a building and raped her. This nice, hardworking officer, has destroyed this woman’s life and is now free on bond despite her painful pleas to keep him behind bars. Rowland, growup and live in the real world!

]]> By: cwldoc http://faithinactiononline.com/2008/04/25/ny-police-cleared-in-50-bullet-murder-of-sean-bell/#comment-3576 cwldoc Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:45:38 +0000 http://faithinactiononline.com/?p=625#comment-3576 The thugs in this case are the police officers who did the shooting as well as the police officials who sent them there. Even if the police version is true (which I doubt) I cannot see any justification for ending the life of the driver, let alone attempting to murder the two passengers. The fact that the driver (not the passengers) tried to flee is not a reason to execute him or the others. There was nothing in the police version that truly made me feel the police were ever at risk of personal harm. What a travesty of justice! The privileged class of people in law enforement are not held to the same legal standards as civilians, who are treated as second-class citizens. In my opinion, those responsible should be locked up for life. Certainly, none should be allowed to continue to work in law enforcement. To make matters worse, it turns out that the detectives were sent that night, at taxpayers expense, on a mission to police the morals of private citizens minding their own business. Unfortunately, the ultimate cost for this foolishness ended up including human lives. The thugs in this case are the police officers who did the shooting as well as the police officials who sent them there.

Even if the police version is true (which I doubt) I cannot see any justification for ending the life of the driver, let alone attempting to murder the two passengers. The fact that the driver (not the passengers) tried to flee is not a reason to execute him or the others. There was nothing in the police version that truly made me feel the police were ever at risk of personal harm.

What a travesty of justice! The privileged class of people in law enforement are not held to the same legal standards as civilians, who are treated as second-class citizens. In my opinion, those responsible should be locked up for life. Certainly, none should be allowed to continue to work in law enforcement.

To make matters worse, it turns out that the detectives were sent that night, at taxpayers expense, on a mission to police the morals of private citizens minding their own business. Unfortunately, the ultimate cost for this foolishness ended up including human lives.

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