March 19-2007:
The Sean Bell Murder By NYC Police Officers & The Grand Jury's Decision!
WORD-UP:
The Sean Bell Murder Outcome:
* He was shot fifty times by the New York City Police, outside a night club recently.
* The case went before a Grand Jury that pronounced the following verdict:
* Three out of the five Cops were indicted for Manslaughter in The First degree.
* Sixty witnesses appeared before the court to give evidence, (quite unusual), in any realistic jurisprudence.
* Then in the last hour, a Latino witness appeared with supposed eyewitness information.
* This late declaration may have also influenced the jury's decision.
But that is speculative!
New York Police History:
The history of the New York City & State police departments have never indicted police officers with murder. And no Caucasian Police Officer was ever indicted or served imprisonment for any such crime. It seems historically that the NYC Police institution is able to operate or behave in such a manner on the job, that implies impunity to any charges or indictment.
This was evident in the case, (the Haitian national), who was physically abused, sexually violated, and suffered sever internal injuries at the hands of the NYC Police dept. Then the Somali national (Amadou Diallo-1999), who was sot six times at the stoop of his home by the NYC police. And in both cases, these officers got away with this injustice. Even though the evidence in both cases were enormous, and indictable for these cops.
So this Shawn Bell scenario/case is also treated with the same indulgence of Police brutality by the State, and Police Institution.
CONCLUSION:
It is a fact the Police Force or Institution was established historically to protect the rights, property, and interests of the Ruling Classes. In a capitalist environment, the mercantile communities, the political elite, and those in political and economic power positions are treated differently by the Police. Than those who are poor, dis-enfranchised, ignorant of the laws, or illegal.
That has always been the mentality of the Police Institution. So when an individual police officer commits a crime on or off the job. The institution offers him or her all the protection it can muster, frustrates legal representatives from getting prompt evidence or information that could help them in the prosecution process.
And behaves in such a manner that can be interpreted as 'we are above public scrutiny.'
And will do almost anything to protect or withhold evidence, that will incriminate one of their own.
Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.
WORD-UP:
The Sean Bell Murder Outcome:
* He was shot fifty times by the New York City Police, outside a night club recently.
* The case went before a Grand Jury that pronounced the following verdict:
* Three out of the five Cops were indicted for Manslaughter in The First degree.
* Sixty witnesses appeared before the court to give evidence, (quite unusual), in any realistic jurisprudence.
* Then in the last hour, a Latino witness appeared with supposed eyewitness information.
* This late declaration may have also influenced the jury's decision.
But that is speculative!
New York Police History:
The history of the New York City & State police departments have never indicted police officers with murder. And no Caucasian Police Officer was ever indicted or served imprisonment for any such crime. It seems historically that the NYC Police institution is able to operate or behave in such a manner on the job, that implies impunity to any charges or indictment.
This was evident in the case, (the Haitian national), who was physically abused, sexually violated, and suffered sever internal injuries at the hands of the NYC Police dept. Then the Somali national (Amadou Diallo-1999), who was sot six times at the stoop of his home by the NYC police. And in both cases, these officers got away with this injustice. Even though the evidence in both cases were enormous, and indictable for these cops.
So this Shawn Bell scenario/case is also treated with the same indulgence of Police brutality by the State, and Police Institution.
CONCLUSION:
It is a fact the Police Force or Institution was established historically to protect the rights, property, and interests of the Ruling Classes. In a capitalist environment, the mercantile communities, the political elite, and those in political and economic power positions are treated differently by the Police. Than those who are poor, dis-enfranchised, ignorant of the laws, or illegal.
That has always been the mentality of the Police Institution. So when an individual police officer commits a crime on or off the job. The institution offers him or her all the protection it can muster, frustrates legal representatives from getting prompt evidence or information that could help them in the prosecution process.
And behaves in such a manner that can be interpreted as 'we are above public scrutiny.'
And will do almost anything to protect or withhold evidence, that will incriminate one of their own.
Derryck S. Griffith.
Educator-Advocate & Blogger.
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