Cleared on all counts.
Apr. 25th, 2008 11:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meitantei_cjSo the three cops that killed Sean Bell have been acquitted on all charges.
Ignore the manslaughter and felony assault charges for a sec (and the horrible prosecution and the witnesses' inconsistent testimony). Here's the thing: Cleared of reckless endangerment? By shooting 50 freaking bullets?
Cooperman's an ass and needs to be smacked over the head with his own gavel. Hard. They should've gotten manslaughter too, and would have if they were anyone else. But no, they're cops, and they can do what they want. And they don't even get a slap on the wrist. They walk.
Would be nice if this city would stop feeding the god complex our cops seem to have. (Looking at you, Oliver. Kindly wipe the smirk off your face. Show some respect for the guy you killed, eh?)
I knew this would happen, though. The second they said it wasn't going to a jury, I knew.
Ignore the manslaughter and felony assault charges for a sec (and the horrible prosecution and the witnesses' inconsistent testimony). Here's the thing: Cleared of reckless endangerment? By shooting 50 freaking bullets?
Cooperman's an ass and needs to be smacked over the head with his own gavel. Hard. They should've gotten manslaughter too, and would have if they were anyone else. But no, they're cops, and they can do what they want. And they don't even get a slap on the wrist. They walk.
Would be nice if this city would stop feeding the god complex our cops seem to have. (Looking at you, Oliver. Kindly wipe the smirk off your face. Show some respect for the guy you killed, eh?)
I knew this would happen, though. The second they said it wasn't going to a jury, I knew.
