Justice for Sean Bell

By Brett Story & VideoNation

April 28, 2008

This video was shot and produced by Brett Story.

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On April 25, a New York judge acquitted three officers in the shooting death of Sean Bell. The 23-year-old Bell and two friends were caught in a hail of fifty bullets on November 25, 2006, on the eve of Bell's wedding. None of the three men, all black, were armed. After a seven-week trial without a jury, Justice Arthur Cooperman cleared two officers of manslaughter (as well as other charges) and a third of reckless endangerment. Hundreds of protestors gathered in Queens in the hours following the verdict to protest what many see as yet another case of police brutality, racism, and the misalignment of justice.

About Brett Story

Brett Story is a freelance journalist and independent documentary filmmaker based out of Montreal, and a 2008 spring intern for The Nation. more...
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