"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message

You bigoted racist.
You'll die with your hate.
I hope you find healing.

"GMCarter" <fiar@verizon.net> wrote in message

Here you go you bigoted racist, more dead niggers

Associated Press

New York - Sean Bell and his fiancee had already shared a high school romance, then two
children. In the early hours of what was to be their wedding day, the reception hall lay
waiting, covered in satin and adorned with balloons.

But the ceremony never occurred Saturday. Police shot 50 rounds at the groom's car as he drove
away from his bachelor party, killing the 23-year-old hours before he was to walk down the
aisle.

The hail of gunfire at a car full of unarmed men drew an outcry from family members and
community leaders, including the Reverend Al Sharpton. Two passengers, who had been celebrating
with the groom at a strip club, were also injured; one was struck by at least 11 bullets.

The officers' shots struck the men's car 21 times after it rammed into an undercover officer
and hit an unmarked NYPD minivan, police said.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said it was too early to say whether the shooting was
justified.

The gunfire also sprayed nearby homes and a train station, though no residents were injured.

Police thought one of the men in the car might have had a gun, but investigators found no
weapons. It was unclear what prompted police to open fire, Commissioner Kelly said.

He said the incident stemmed from an undercover operation inside the strip club in Queens.
Seven officers in plain clothes were investigating the Kalua Cabaret; five of them were
involved in the shooting.

On Sunday morning, a few hours before a planned noon vigil for the victims, Rev. Sharpton told
ABC's Good Morning America that the volume of shots fired alone raised questions about the
police's actions.

"How does one justify 50 shots at unarmed men?" Rev. Sharpton asked.

According to Commissioner Kelly, the groom was involved in a verbal dispute outside the club
after 4 a.m. One of his friends made a reference to a gun.

An undercover officer walked closely behind Mr. Bell and his friends as they headed for their
car. As he walked toward the front of the vehicle, they drove forward - striking him and a
nearby undercover police vehicle.

The officer who had followed the group on foot was apparently the first to open fire,
Commissioner Kelly said. That officer had served on the force for five years. One 12-year
veteran fired his weapon 31 times, emptying two full magazines, he said.

It was the first time any of the officers, all of whom carried 9 mm handguns, had been involved
in a shooting, he said.

At some point, Mr. Bell backed his car up onto the sidewalk, hitting a building gate. He then
drove forward, striking the police vehicle a second time, police said.

It was unclear whether the shooters had identified themselves as police, said Commissioner
Kelly, whose account was based on statements made by witnesses and the two officers who did not
shoot their weapons. Police could not question the other officers because the district attorney
must first complete an investigation, he said.

The groom was driving. Joseph Guzman, 31, was in the front passenger's seat and was shot at
least 11 times. Trent Benefield, 23, who was in the back seat, was hit three times. Both men
were taken to Mary Immaculate Hospital, where Mr. Guzman was listed in critical condition and
Mr. Benefield was in stable condition.

Commissioner Kelly said there may have been a fourth person in the car who fled the scene.

Three officers, including the officer hit by the car, were treated and released. Another
detective remained hospitalized for hypertension.

Abraham Kamara, 38, who lives a few blocks from where the shooting occurred, said he was
getting ready for work around 4 a.m. when he heard bursts of gunfire.

"First it was like four shots," he said. "And then it was like pop-pop-pop like 12 times."

Commissioner Kelly said undercover officers were inside the club to document illicit activity.
With one more violation the club would be shut down, he said.

He said the establishment has a "chronic history of narcotics, prostitution and weapons
complaints."

Saturday, Rev. Sharpton went to Jamaica Hospital, where Mr. Bell was pronounced dead, and Mary
Immaculate Hospital on Saturday and held news conferences afterward. Later, the civil rights
advocate stood with about two dozen members of the families of Mr. Bell and his fiancee.

"I will stand with this family," he said. "This stinks. Something about the story being told
did not seem right."

Rev. Sharpton said Bell and his fiancee had two children, a 3-year-old and a 5-month-old.

After meeting with the two wounded men at Mary Immaculate, Rev. Sharpton said he was outraged
to find the pair handcuffed to their hospital beds. The two were unshackled later Saturday and
have not been charged with a crime.

"We're not anti-police ... we're anti-police brutality," Rev. Sharpton said.

Robert Porter, who identified himself as Mr. Bell's first cousin, said he was supposed to be a
DJ at the wedding. He said about 250 people were invited to the ceremony and were flying in
from all over the country. He said his cousin wasn't the type to confront police and that he
was "on the straight-and-narrow."

"I can't really express myself. It's a numb feeling," Mr. Porter said. "I still don't want to
believe it, a beautiful day like this, and he was going to have a beautiful wedding, he was
going to live forever with his wife and children. And this happened."

In 1999, police killed Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant who was shot 19 times
in the Bronx. The four officers in that case were acquitted of criminal charges.

And in 2003, Ousmane Zongo, 43, a native of the western African country of Burkina Faso who
repaired art and musical instruments in a Manhattan warehouse, was shot to death during a
police raid. Mr. Zongo was hit four times, twice in the back.