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Demonstrators Rally In The Bronx Against Police Shootings

The protests continued Wednesday, nearly a week after the acquittal of three police detectives in the Sean Bell shooting.

Demonstrators held a rally in the Mount Eden section of the Bronx Wednesday afternoon, calling the verdict a miscarriage of justice.

They chanted the names of a number of other men shot and killed by the NYPD in the past, including Anthony Baez and Timothy Stansbury.

Many say they still cannot understand why Bell was killed.

“Fifty shots is just too much. For real, man. I believe the officers only got a vacation. That’s all they got was a vacation,” said one demonstrator. “Now they’re back on the job.”

“What you see that happened to Sean Bell and his friends, that could be your brother, your cousin, you know, somebody in your family and you know that no one is exempt,” said another. “Somebody that you know could be involved in the next police brutality case.”

“It could be any one of us, you know what I mean, and we’re all here just to show support,” added another. “That could be any one of us.”

More protests are planned including a solidarity march in the Soundview section of the Bronx on Saturday in front of the home of Amadou Diallo. He will shot to death by police in 1999. The officers in that case were also acquitted.

SOURCE: NY1.com

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