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	<title>Comments on: Sean Bell Verdict: Not Guilty</title>
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		<title>By: sad day</title>
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		<dc:creator>sad day</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>the cops heard a man mention gun and they waited to catch a collar. they could have called in an not blown cover. these cops were drinking and were glory hounds who killed a man.  and were at  least neglegent. don&#039;t be a cop because that&#039;s the only job you can get which is what a lot of you are. washed up high school athletes.  take a poll at the station.     But I salute all genuine officers. I protect more people everyday than a cop in his career. and if  I make a mistake in judgemnt  like that I&#039;m in jail. not to mention alcohol and drug tested immeadiatley. bastard judge how many favors does he owe.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the cops heard a man mention gun and they waited to catch a collar. they could have called in an not blown cover. these cops were drinking and were glory hounds who killed a man.  and were at  least neglegent. don&#8217;t be a cop because that&#8217;s the only job you can get which is what a lot of you are. washed up high school athletes.  take a poll at the station.     But I salute all genuine officers. I protect more people everyday than a cop in his career. and if  I make a mistake in judgemnt  like that I&#8217;m in jail. not to mention alcohol and drug tested immeadiatley. bastard judge how many favors does he owe.</p>
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		<title>By: sl</title>
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		<dc:creator>sl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This verdict really came as no surprise. Police are never found guilty whether they are right or wrong. This action was definitely excessive shooting and should never have happened. Yes, the police need some leeway, but they need to make sure there is a threat before shooting and they don&#039;t need to shoot so much that the other officers don&#039;t know who is shooting. This was a ridiculous waste of life and the police should have been hel accountable. Now these officers will be back on the street to perhaps do the same thing again. What is this world coming to? The police are above the law - as I see in my own small town. If they don&#039;t want to sit through a red light, they put on the siren, go through the light, then turn it back off. They speed down residential and city streets when not on a call. I see them pass my house doing at least 45 and the speed limit is 25. These are small, but they lead to the mentality that causes a case like the Bell shooting. Something needs to be done. By the way, I am not Black and I don&#039;t think this case is a racial thing. The police would be acauitted no matter what color the victim was.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This verdict really came as no surprise. Police are never found guilty whether they are right or wrong. This action was definitely excessive shooting and should never have happened. Yes, the police need some leeway, but they need to make sure there is a threat before shooting and they don&#8217;t need to shoot so much that the other officers don&#8217;t know who is shooting. This was a ridiculous waste of life and the police should have been hel accountable. Now these officers will be back on the street to perhaps do the same thing again. What is this world coming to? The police are above the law &#8211; as I see in my own small town. If they don&#8217;t want to sit through a red light, they put on the siren, go through the light, then turn it back off. They speed down residential and city streets when not on a call. I see them pass my house doing at least 45 and the speed limit is 25. These are small, but they lead to the mentality that causes a case like the Bell shooting. Something needs to be done. By the way, I am not Black and I don&#8217;t think this case is a racial thing. The police would be acauitted no matter what color the victim was.</p>
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		<title>By: MARCUS</title>
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		<dc:creator>MARCUS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>here is a thought to those who think the police are at fault ... true there actions were in my mind excessive 50 shots is a lot but can happen far quicker then most of us realize and remember Sean bell and his friends could have easily followed the directions of the police and possibly avoided all of this  but then again the police officers could have fired 5 times  no matter who is at fault it is a terrible thing that cant be changed so rather then let it rip us apart we should use this as motivation to change the way our police are trained with hopes that something like this will never happen again  to learn from this is the only way to ensure  justice and progress</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>here is a thought to those who think the police are at fault &#8230; true there actions were in my mind excessive 50 shots is a lot but can happen far quicker then most of us realize and remember Sean bell and his friends could have easily followed the directions of the police and possibly avoided all of this  but then again the police officers could have fired 5 times  no matter who is at fault it is a terrible thing that cant be changed so rather then let it rip us apart we should use this as motivation to change the way our police are trained with hopes that something like this will never happen again  to learn from this is the only way to ensure  justice and progress</p>
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		<title>By: Ebony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ebony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is horrible!!  There was no justice done for this family.  How are they supposed to sleep at night.  The police killed an innocent man on what was supposed to be one of the most important days of their life and you mean to tell me there is no JUSTICE served??!!  There is no hope for our criminal system.  The court system makes it ok for an officer to shoot an unarmed man 50 times.  Society is saying that it is ok for police officers to kill our unarmed children, husbands, fathers, brothers etc. I&#039;m at a lost for words. My sympathy and prayers go out to the Bell family.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is horrible!!  There was no justice done for this family.  How are they supposed to sleep at night.  The police killed an innocent man on what was supposed to be one of the most important days of their life and you mean to tell me there is no JUSTICE served??!!  There is no hope for our criminal system.  The court system makes it ok for an officer to shoot an unarmed man 50 times.  Society is saying that it is ok for police officers to kill our unarmed children, husbands, fathers, brothers etc. I&#8217;m at a lost for words. My sympathy and prayers go out to the Bell family.</p>
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		<title>By: Bret Washington</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bret Washington</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If the police had done nothing that morning the only thing that would have happend is a wedding.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If the police had done nothing that morning the only thing that would have happend is a wedding.</p>
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		<title>By: Lou</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What kind of message does it send? I would like to think it will send a message that police officers will not go to jail for manslaughter for doing their jobs. it&#039;s an unfortunate tragedy ... i truly feel for Mr. Bells family ... but a guilty verdict would have been a very dangerous thing. imagine ... police officers who need to use deadly physical force in order to save their or someone elses life... afraid to use that force if they needed to... and that fear being caused because they don&#039;t want to face jail time???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What kind of message does it send? I would like to think it will send a message that police officers will not go to jail for manslaughter for doing their jobs. it&#8217;s an unfortunate tragedy &#8230; i truly feel for Mr. Bells family &#8230; but a guilty verdict would have been a very dangerous thing. imagine &#8230; police officers who need to use deadly physical force in order to save their or someone elses life&#8230; afraid to use that force if they needed to&#8230; and that fear being caused because they don&#8217;t want to face jail time???</p>
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		<title>By: Rick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What kind of message is this sending to young black men.  Another one dies and no accountability.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What kind of message is this sending to young black men.  Another one dies and no accountability.</p>
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		<title>By: F. B.</title>
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		<dc:creator>F. B.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>SO sad what kind of a message is this supposed to send.  If there was a jury i am sure this would be total opposite.  I am honestly hurt behind this!!!! Sad!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SO sad what kind of a message is this supposed to send.  If there was a jury i am sure this would be total opposite.  I am honestly hurt behind this!!!! Sad!!</p>
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