Friday, April 25, 2008 NY: an abortion of justice? POST A COMMENT "Don't Shoot me," were three sad words that echo in my head from the grave. The 50-shot trial, with Bell as the victim of trigger-happy cops that put new meaning to: "shoot first...and don't stop shooting 'til 50 shots." The defense claiming the unarmed man brought the tragedy on himself. I'm going to suggest that they could have fired a few shots...but, fifty shots? - that sounds a tiny bit over the top...against an un-armed man. NYC Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, who originally said the shooting "excessive" back in 2006, released this statement: "There are no winners in a trial like this. An innocent man lost his life, a bride lost her groom, two daughters lost their father, and a mother and a father lost their son." "An ugly pattern is emerging in New York. This was a massacre, this was not a shootout." Said the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Yeah, 50 bullets = massacre, that 'bout sums it up... it's a sad day to be a New Yorker. Source: New York Daily News Labels: NYC, race relations, unjustified verdict posted by Henry Cruz at 9:17 PM 0 Comments: Post a Comment << Home     ARCHIVES October 2005 . November 2005 . December 2005 . August 2007 . September 2007 . October 2007 . November 2007 . December 2007 . March 2008 . April 2008 . May 2008 . June 2008 . July 2008 . August 2008 . September 2008 .