Why isn't Sharpton in jail?

[phantasm]

Norm, you got your wish......

Sharpton Arrested in NYC Protest over Bell Verdict

NEW YORK (AP/1010 WINS) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton has been arrested at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in a protest over the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man. Sharpton, two survivors of the shooting and Sean Bell's fiancee were arrested Wednesday in one of a series of demonstrations calling for a federal investigation into the November 2006 shooting.

IMAGES: Officers Acquitted in Bell Shooting

Three detectives were acquitted last month of state charges in the 2006 slaying of Sean Bell, prompting Sharpton to organize Wednesday's demonstrations in six spots around the city.

The Police Department deployed extra patrols and erected barricades in front of police headquarters, but the protests got off to a mostly orderly start at midafternoon.

Outside 1 Police Plaza, about 200 people chanted ``50 Shots!'' Some demonstrators carried signs proclaiming, ``We are all Sean Bell.'' Sharpton, shooting victim Joseph Guzman and Bell's fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, were among the crowd.

``We're going to keep coming until we get federal indictments,'' said Frank Rodriguez, a military veteran who arrived at rally with homemade model of the shooting scene.

On the opposite side of lower Manhattan, protesters outside the Holland Tunnel chanted ``We're fired up _ we won't take it no more'' and ``No justice, no peace,'' and counted to 50 in a reference to the barrage of gunfire that killed Bell and wounded two of his friends.

As police kept their distance, organizers gave protesters instructions on how to behave when arrested. Demonstrators held hands as the Rev. James E. Booker Jr. blessed the crowd.

``Don't let Sean Bell's death be in vain,'' said Booker, pastor of St. John A.M.E. Church in Harlem.

A few miles uptown, some protesters were arrested for blocking traffic into midtown Manhattan on the Queensboro Bridge while about 200 people rallied near the entrance to the Triborough Bridge in Harlem.

Earlier in the day, Sharpton said he expected acts of civil disobedience.

``Some will kneel in prayer and risk arrest to heighten the national attention to the fact that the civil rights of people in New York have been violated with this judge's ruling,'' Sharpton told The Associated Press.

Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said officers did not expect violence but would ``take appropriate action'' if the demonstrations became disruptive. Protests also were planned in Chicago and Atlanta, Sharpton's office said.

Sharpton is seeking a federal civil rights investigation into Bell's shooting outside a Queens nightclub, which raised questions about police use of deadly force in minority neighborhoods.

Bell was black, as are two of his friends who were wounded in the shooting; the three officers acquitted in the case are Hispanic, black and white.

U.S. attorney spokesman Robert Nardoza said Wednesday that the case was under review, but he declined further comment.

Bell crossed paths with the undercover detectives early on his wedding day as he was leaving his bachelor party with friends.

The officers testified they feared for their lives after Bell and his friends got into a testy exchange with another patron and appeared to be going to retrieve a gun; Bell's friends testified the detectives fired wildly and without warning at Bell's car. No gun was ever found.

State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman, who heard the case after the detectives waived their right to a jury, said he found the testimony of the officers more credible than the version of events offered by the victims.

Kelly said Wednesday that the police department was continuing to examine the possibility of disciplinary action against the detectives.


Here are the six locations:

-125th St. and Third Ave.
- Third Ave. and 60th St.
- 34th St. and Park Ave.
- Varick and Houston Streets
- 1 Police Plaza
- House of the Lord Church at 415 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn

Top photo of 59th Street Bridge

http://www.1010wins.com/Sharpton-Arr...rotest/2141964

[Norm357]

Now if they will only keep him there. :D

[Adamantine]

Norm, you know how hard it is to keep slime in one place... It always finds a way to slither through the cracks...

[BJJVad]

Best news I have heard all day. :D My smile is seriously that big right now. :D

[phantasm]

Now if they will only keep him there. :D

Disorderly Conduct (PL violation)

3 options

summons
Desk Appearance Ticket
put through the system

Most likely it will be the 1st option, possibly the second (which requires prints to verify identity, and some other requirements, etc), most likely not the 3rd unless an active warrant

[cobravenom1]

Norm, you know how hard it is to keep slime in one place... It always finds a way to slither through the cracks...

Can't agree more. I think a party is in order. Who's going to sponsor and where. I'll bring 2 kegs of whatever.:D

[frankyde84]

just a quick note: i saw sharpton at timoshenko's funeral