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Sean Bell Officers to Be Disciplined?

The officers involved in the shooting death of unarmed New Yorker Sean Bell were acquitted of manslaughter.

The acquittal resulted in a major protest in New York.

Now, the New York City Police Department has moved to discipline the officers in the case. In addition to the three officers directly involved in the shooting, five others were cited, including the lieutenant supervising the undercover operation in which the officers were involved.

We'll bring you more on this in the coming days.

ALSO: During a conversation about whether New York police officers racially profiled people during stop-and-frisk searches, we talked briefly about the case of a freelance reporter for the New York Post who was stopped by police and subsequently filed a profiling lawsuit against the NYPD. The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is shepherding the suit.

Now, an update: the Post has severed their relationship with the reporter, Leonardo Blair.

The NYCLU (part of the ACLU) also produced a video specifically about the case.

Be assured there will be more news to come on both these fronts.

Farai Chideya

6:10 PM ET | 05-20-2008 | permalink

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Hello Farai, (not Post -excuse the very rushed post before here's correction and added)
i have been impressed how you seen to know what is really going on globally, and not just think the faith of U.S. Blacks lies with the social position in the U.S. Here are some quick facts. Blacks are being side lined from technology in all areas purposely. You and all Blacks and Africans have a target on your back that can not be removed called Africa. It's mineral wealth gold oil etc is to be taken by the destabilizing of Africans. Kenya, Sudan, etc I'm sure you know the truth. just like the truth behind Rwanda.

Blacks in U.S. cannot be left alone by elite societies because they will not stand by and watch Africa murdered. Blacks will become unstable as the plan is carried out by "west" or the proxy China. Also as Black income drops as Mexicans etc are purposely flooded in, societies are thinking of more "New Orleans" type actions.

Black children are being de-motivated on purpose, like today watching the Mars robotic landing absolutely no Black scientist shown. This is a careful step by step plan being put in to action to destroy as many of Black technical class as possible; Africa must not be able to industrialize for this murderous plan to come to fruition. And Black techno class around the world must be wiped out. long term traumatized Prisoners in the U.S maybe let out onto the Black neighborhoods with the excuse of "too costly" to destabilize U.S Black society, as with general tactic used in African countries.

World food "crises" was long in the planing. Like the de-motivating of U.S Blacks and Black youth towards science and technology. Hope you would email, but I guess you might be fired.

Note: Zionist play a major part. "Michael Savage" Zionist was a major part and talk host that lead in killing affirmative action, like president of France giving Nuclear power to radical Islamics to start slaughter in Africa from ;the north.

Blacks must wake up to being pushed quietly out of all technical fields to help murderous plan of against U.S.Blacks and Africa by world linked societies, and force their way back in NASA and all technical, engineering areas again.

Unite with Africa with out delay: China, India, Europe/ the world will not wait. And are hungry. Their philosophy and "societies" state "why should the weak survive"

Here's a must watch below 5mims If not fired email..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnkdfFAqsHA&feature=related

P.S.
Not happy about two Black guest in the two Africa update segments.
Holding judgment, but very close to shill sounding. Network says, Thabo Mbeki was compromised and taken into world societies some time ago. Info says he's been (bribed threaten) and on broad with the murder of his fellow Black South Africans. or going along with it.
Queen of England, other European royalty some of top members in secret societies. (i call them the "murder plunder Bush societies") this societies of world elite still carrying out the "Cecil Rhodes" racist murder plan of Blacks/Africa put into action decades ago. only with the technology/micro biology now to carry it out even more efficiency.
(See video, 5mins JFK

Sent by john Wright | 6:35 PM ET | 05-27-2008

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