Reactions: Sean Bell Verdict, Feds Involved

1. Just looking at his baby's eyes brought tears to mine. I pray for his mom,dad, and his wife,the children will be lifted up. I feel for them. Those officers have a long fight ahead of them because they may not be in jail but they are going to have to live with what they did for life.

susan at 12:45PM on Apr 28th 2008

2. Susan #1 I agree with you the officer will be judged one day, man didnt judged them but God will. Nicole I can truly say I know how you feel, my fiance was killed not by the police but by a man in the community. The pain will go away but the memory will last forever. I moved away to start a new life for me and my children and that helped some, but mainly time will heal all wounds. I became more involved with finding Jesus to help with easying the pain. May God bless you and your family and Mr. Bell's family as well.

jane at 1:59PM on Apr 28th 2008

3. Its a shame that once again our "system" has failed. if it was a group of black officers that commited this crime, the judge would have thrown the book at them. this just proves once again racism and Discrimination still happens in this country. we as black people need to take a stand TOGETHER if we ever want change.

luvlmillion at 2:30PM on Apr 28th 2008

4. POLICE OFFICER IS INVESTIGATING A CRIME SUCH AS DRUGS/SALES ETC.,THEY ACTUALLY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHO WAS DOING WHAT.IF THEY WERE SUSPECTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY BEFORE THEY LEFT THE CLUB THEN THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHY THEY WERE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.THEY HAD TO KNOW THIS WAS A BATCHELOR PARTY. THIS WAS FLAT OUT MURDER!!!

Mr. Gee at 7:05PM on Apr 28th 2008

5. My prayers goes out to the Bell family and I hope Sean had found peace with our heavenly FATHER before returning home, may GOD Bless the family and prepare them for His Trial of the murder of Sean Bell.

Greg at 7:15AM on Apr 29th 2008

6. my prayers go out to the bell family. i pray that though the officers were acquitted, justice will still be served. it's time for a change in america!

Bethany at 8:47AM on Apr 29th 2008

7. When will the black community start looking inward at why crime and violence is disproportionately represented by blacks? Over half of all gun murders last year were black on black. Racism isn't killing black men, black men are killing black men. When will the black community say NO to the convict, prison, false bravado mentality that has taken over our black youth? These police officers did not start out their day with the intention to kill fellow black men. If anything their past and the FACTS show officers with outstanding arrest histories without ever pulling out their guns. The FACT is that the prosecution's job was to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that these officers murdered a man either by choice or through carelessness. The prosecution failed either due to witnesses whose testimony was either contradictory or faulty. Lets not blame others for tragedies but we should look at the root causes which means we must step up and accept some blame and work to strengthen our communities.......

Vincent at 8:54AM on Apr 29th 2008

8. This was an unjust verdict! It didn't take police officer's 50 gun shots to make a person surrendar..They never found a gun, nor did they have anyone say they saw someone with a gun..I think the undercover officer heard a argument, thought something was going down and panic! They were at a bar, just having fun, who knws they may have been drunk, but if you are in plain clothes, step into the front of my car and not state who you are I'm gonna run your a** over also! In a day in time where people are jacking you up, killing you over a tin can why will you jump in front of him..They shot these men adn now they have shown the world that black people don't mean sh**! In N.C the police went into a young man's house thinking he had drugs(a white young man) well he didn't and guess what the cops paid for messing up..HMMM makes you wonder!

Felecia at 8:56AM on Apr 29th 2008

9. Al Sharpton loves to stir up s**t.He needs to get a job and stop trying to draw attion to his self.

sonya at 9:03AM on Apr 29th 2008

10. Black people have to fight the 'enemy' from within by refusing to take the drugs that make them rich; refusing to sell the drugs that pit'brother' against 'brothers'; refusing to commit the crime that takes away their freedom. We know who the enemy is and it is our country. People, please get smart. Stop committing crimes that will make you a slave in the 21st. Century. We can only blame ourselves because we know that this country has no love for us and never originally intended us to be citizens of this counry: only slaves.

Jean at 10:11AM on Apr 29th 2008

11. "THE ALTIMA, WHICH WAS DRIVEN BY MR. BELL, SPED AWAY FROM ITS PARKED POSITION, STRUCK DEFENDANT ISNORA AND COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH THE POLICE VAN THAT HAD ENTERED LIVERPOOL STREET. THE ALTIMA THEN WENT INTO REVERSE, BACKED UP ON TO THE SIDEWALK, STRUCK A GATE AND THEN WENT FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT, STRIKING THE POLICE VAN AGAIN." Use a car as a deadly weapon against police and you WILL get shot.

Tom at 10:20AM on Apr 29th 2008

12. Although 50 bullets was an excessive use of force, I think that people are forgetting that one of the prosecutors witnesses lied on the stand. Strictly from a legal standpoint, it calls into question everything that was said prior to it. In other words, was he lying during his initial statement, or was he lying on the stand, either way he is no longer believable. However, I agree with the outrage, just keep in perspective who we should be enraged by. The prosecutor, and the defense get their checks signed by the same state office. He put a man on the stand knowing that he would lie, and knowing that his testimony would contradict his original statement to the police. As an attorney, you are required to prep your potential witnesses for at least an hour, five days a week leading up to the trial, then at minimum for three hours the day before they take the stand. This was either not done, or the lie was fed to him prior to him becoming a witness. Therefore, direct your anger toward the witness who lied, and the prosecutor who allowed him to, because that is how the case was lost. This is the real outrage!

Kim at 10:22AM on Apr 29th 2008

13. WELL BUSH YOU BETTER BRING THE TROOPS HOME THERE IS ABOUT TO BE ANOTHER WAR, THIS TIME IN NY

jj at 11:33AM on Apr 29th 2008

14. CROCKED COPS WHERE PROBABLY IN THE STRIP CLUB GETTIN THERE DICKS SUCKED AND DELIVERING X PILLS IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME...

WILLIE at 11:42AM on Apr 29th 2008

15. it,s ashame what goes on in this country

skip powe at 11:53AM on Apr 29th 2008