Sean Bell killed by the police,
50 shots fired !
Community
Anger At Death
New York's mayor and police commissioner
are set to meet community leaders after a groom was shot dead
by officers just hours before his wedding.
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There have
been angry demonstrations following the stag night killing
on Saturday in which two friends of the victim were also
injured by gunfire.
The unarmed trio were
leaving a strip club in their car when officers, who
thought one of the men had a gun, shot 50 rounds at the
vehicle. |
Father-of-two Sean Bell, 23, was killed, while Joseph Guzman,
31, is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot at
least 11 times.
Trent Benefield, 23, who was
hit three times, is stable following the incident outside Kalua
Cabaret, in the Queens borough of the city.
Shooting sparked protests
Police opened fire after the
vehicle struck an undercover officer and hit an unmarked police
van.
Black activists have condemned as "outrageous" the actions
of the five officers involved and an investigation has been launched.
Outside the hospital where the two are being treated, there was
a rally and vigil, with some demonstrators calling for police
commissioner Raymond Kelly to quit.
He is due to have talks with
mayor Michael Bloomberg and leaders of the black community in
the wake of the shooting.
Civil rights activist Rev. Al
Sharpton said: "We cannot allow this to continue to happen.
We've got to understand that all of us were in that car."
Mr Kelly said the incident stemmed from an undercover operation
inside the club, which had a "chronic history" of drugs,
prostitution and weapons complaints.
source: sky.com
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