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'50 Shots' police officers indicted on manslaughter charges · 626 days ago
The police officers who fired 50 shots into the car of unarmed victim Sean Bell killing him and wounding two others were indicted for first-degree and second-degree manslaughter as well as other charges on Friday, three months after the crime took place.
From the New York Times:
Two New York City police detectives were charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the death of Sean Bell, the unarmed 23-year-old black man who died in a burst of 50 police bullets, the Queens District Attorney, Richard Brown, said at a news conference today.The eight-count indictment was handed up by a grand jury on Friday and unsealed this morning. In it, Det. Michael Oliver, 35, who fired his pistol 31 times, and Det. Gerard Isnora, 28, an undercover officer who fired 11 shots, are charged with both first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in Mr. Bell’s death, Mr. Brown said.
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Rev. Calvin O. Butts II wants NYPD reform · 719 days ago
Does Rev. Butts really think anything will get done? I wish him luck, but it doesn’t seem like he has enough inertia behind him to get anything done. Bloomberg is only pretending to care, and for some reason Al Sharpton was standing there with Butts yet the article is quoting Butts instead of Sharpton. Sharpton has clout on a national level, so why wasn’t he the figurehead for this call for reform in the New York Police Department if they really think it’s going to accomplish anything?
From The New York Times:
The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, one of New York’s most prominent and moderate black clerics, demanded yesterday that the city rein in rogue members of the Police Department whom he described as “ignorant savages who continue to prey upon our people as if we have no respect by virtue of our humanity or our citizenship.”The surprisingly sharp comments by Mr. Butts were made at a news conference outside City Hall that was called to announce a march for today to protest the killing of an unarmed man, Sean Bell, on Nov. 25 by the police.
At yesterday’s event, political and community leaders said they planned to challenge Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to adopt a list of proposed changes in policing including several that were presented after Amadou Diallo, an unarmed African immigrant, was killed by police officers in 1999. For Mr. Butts, pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, the pointed remarks represented a marked change.
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NYCLU educa a grupos del activista sobre peticiones de la limadura FOIA · 728 days ago
Si eres un miembro de cualquier progresista, pacifist, paz, u organizaciones radicales yo recomendarte consiguen en tacto con el NYCLU y ven si ayudan a tu subsistencia de la organización un ojo en lo que piensa el FBI en la organización dicha.
Del the village voice:
Si quisieras descubrir si una organización a la cual perteneces, o a la cual has apoyado, se está apuntando, las libertades civiles de Nueva York Unión-muchas a su crédito como unintimidated el baluarte del primer y cuarto Enmienda-ha comenzado a “Spy Files Campaign.”Como director y el consejo legislativo Udi Ofer del campo de NYCLU explica, este afiliado de Nueva York del ACLU nacional es implicado en educar a grupos del activista en la “su derecha de obtener la información sobre sus archivos de la vigilancia del gobierno por la libertad federal que archiva del acto de la información (FOIA) y la libertad de Nueva York de las peticiones de la ley de la información (FOIL).”
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Mientras que Ofer dice, puedes conseguir una copia del kit de herramienta del NYCLU para los individuos y de organizaciones interesado en la libertad de la limadura de las peticiones de la información entrándolo en contacto con en la unión de las libertades civiles de Nueva York, 125 amplia calle, Nueva York, NY 10004 (teléfono: 212-607-3300, exterior 342; tela: nyclu.org). También, porque los detalles y los papeles legales con respecto a las peticiones de FOIA archivadas por los afiliados de ACLU alrededor del país, incluyendo una lista de clientes, ir a aclu.org/spyfiles.)
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NYCLU educates activist groups about filing FOIA requests · 728 days ago
If you’re a member of any progressive, pacifist, peace, or radical organizations I recommend you get in touch with the NYCLU and see if they’ll help your organization keep an eye on what the FBI thinks of said organization.
From the village voice:
If you would like to find out whether an organization to which you belong, or which you have supported, is being targeted, the New York Civil Liberties Union—much to its credit as an unintimidated bulwark of the First and Fourth Amendments—has begun a “Spy Files Campaign.”As NYCLU field director and legislative counsel Udi Ofer explains, this New York affiliate of the national ACLU is involved in educating activist groups on “their right to obtain information about their government surveillance files by filing federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and New York Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests.”
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As Ofer says, you can get a copy of the NYCLU’s tool kit for individuals and organizations interested in filing Freedom of Information requests by contacting him at the New York Civil Liberties Union, 125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004 (phone: 212-607-3300, ext. 342; web: nyclu.org). Also, for details and legal papers regarding the FOIA requests filed by ACLU affiliates around the country, including a list of clients, go to aclu.org/spyfiles.)
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Una canción del rap llamó ya "50 tiros" · 729 days ago
Estaba en reinas cuando ocurrió esto que tiraba. Mientras que caminé a través de la ciudad la mañana próxima, vi títulos del periódico sobre ella en cada caja del periódico. Éste es una de las historias más ridículas y más tristes de la brutalidad del policía que he oído en un rato. ¿Cincuenta tiros encendidos en los sospechosos quiénes no tenían ninguna arma, y estaban bajo investigación al lado de una vice escuadrilla del crimen? No cuido qué clase de droga/crimen de la prostitución ella estaba potencialmente implicada adentro, vaciando sus clips en el coche cuando no se encendió ningunos tiros siempre detrás son indignantes. Incluso Michael Bloomberg, alcalde de la ciudad, está llamando éste como él es. El rapper Papoose de Brooklyn lanzó una pista llamada “50 tiros” que ventilaron en la estación 97 calientes del rap este fin de semana.
Del Newsday.com:
Entre los sonidos del tiro y las muestras de la obra clásica de la civil-derecho-era del SAM Cooke del cantante del alma “un cambio va a venir,” las tomas de Papoose tiene como objetivo a policía.“If your reason was you thought he carried a gun / That means you killed him for nothing because he ain’t had one,”
él raps. (“Si era tu razón pensaste que él llevó un arma/que los medios tú te mataron para nada porque lo no tienen uno”)Pero Papoose tiene cierta alabanza templada para alcalde Michael Bloomberg, por lo menos con respecto a su precursor, Rudy Giuliani: “He got some better manners / But let’s see if we get some better policy.” (“Él consiguió algunas maneras mejores / pero dejarnos ve si conseguimos una cierta política mejor.”)
ACTUALIZACIÓN: Líricas y mp3 ahora disponibles.
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Already a rap song called "50 Shots" · 731 days ago
I was in Queens when this shooting took place. As I walked through the city the next morning, I saw newspaper headlines about it in every newspaper box. This is one of the most ridiculous and sad stories of police brutality I’ve heard in a while. Fifty shots fired at suspects who had no weapons, and were under investigation by a vice crime squad? I don’t care what kind of drug/prostitution crime they were potentially involved in, emptying their clips into the car when no shots were ever fired back is outrageous. Even Michael Bloomberg, mayor of the city, is calling this one like it is. Brooklyn rapper Papoose released a track called “50 Shots” which aired on rap station Hot 97 this weekend.
From Newsday.com:
Between gunshot sounds and samples from soul singer Sam Cooke’s civil-rights-era classic “A Change Is Gonna Come,” Papoose takes aim at the police.“If your reason was you thought he carried a gun / That means you killed him for nothing because he ain’t had one,” he raps.
But Papoose has some temperate praise for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, at least in comparison to his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani: “He got some better manners / But let’s see if we get some better policy.”
UPDATE: Lyrics and mp3 now available.
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