The three cops acquitted of killing Sean Bell were hit with disciplinary charges last week. Detectives Marc Cooper, Gescard Isnora and Michael Oliver were accused of firing their weapons outside of NYPD departmental guidelines – charges that could result in their termination from the force. Isnora was also charged with violating NYPD vice protocols by taking action as an undercover.
Al Sharpton, who is demanding that the Justice Department try the three cops for violating Bell’s civil rights, called the internal charges “a step in the right direction.”
“That’s good news,” Sean Bell’s father, William, added. “On a gloomy day like today, I need some good news.”
The three officers remain on modified duty, stripped of their guns and badges.
JANE BOLIN HONORED
Jane Bolin, the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States, was recently honored with a portrait to be hung in the Dutchess County (NY) Family Court.
Judge Peter Forman wanted to keep Bolin’s legacy alive so he formed a committee to raise money to commission the portrait. He added, “We have enough funds to produce prints, which we are going to get into all of the schools here in Dutchess County as a way of educating the young people about her as a role model.”
For more info on Judge Bolin, be sure to read her recent Black History Spotlight.
FIRST SEIU BLACK FEMALE PRESIDENT
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000, the largest state employee union in California, recently elected Yvonne Walker as its president, the first black woman to hold the position.
Walker, a legal secretary at the Department of Justice, previously served as the 94,000-member union’s vice president for bargaining for three years.
She remarked, “We’ll continue to focus our energies to pass a responsible state budget, negotiate a new contract for our members, and build a union that wins for our members. This is an opportunity to bring everyone together…This was a tough and spirited election, but we all share the same goals.”
Elected with 44 percent of the vote, Walker will assume office on July 1.
This dude judah is a little touched.
^ and it’s not with the holy spirit.LOL!!!!!
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I can see why all the other races look at our people as feces, lmao.
Yeah because of your crazy,delusional, 14 pages of conspiracies that you try to use the bible for back up but only make yourself sound even more delusional because obviously don’t know how to comprehend LMAO. The more self-righteous you act the dumber you sound. Like I said before you’re a little touched. It’s funny you choose the name Judah seeing that they betrayed God numerous of times right to the point where they lost his favor very interesting.
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I just went over the judah thing already and you’re still stupid enough to run with that, lol? Do you know that the black Americans of the captivity are the descendants of the tribe of Judah? Do you know any history pertaining to our people at all? Are you even a black person? Do you have any take on the Sean Bell murder? Are you one of the same idiots that harassed me yesterday masquerading as someone else? How do you think I should comprehend the Bible? Give me some scriptures and the breakdowns so I can go apply it and become a better follower of the Most High since you have the insight. I bet that you won’t. I bet you won’t even try because you know you’ll get cut. You’ll run away and come back under another simple name and spout more simplicity, lol.
How did Judah lose God’s favor when the new covenant is with Israel and Judah and the Lord said that he would never reak that covenant (Jer 31:31-35, Heb 8:6-13)? Are you calling the Most High a liar? Christ was of the tribe of Judah (Hebrews 7:14). Is Christ not in the Most High’s good favor?
When I first started coming on CL and reading Judahs comments I thought you were just one crazy mofo with a bible lol!
But I’ve been reading a lot of your comments and a lot of things he has said in past posts have really opened my eyes. Although some of the comments he has made in the past I find a bit extreme, I agree with many of his views. I think some of us really cannot comprehend the world we live in because of the way society has been constructed – based on the most dominant races view we are effectively brainwashed…
What happened to “Come On People”? This is what makes me crack up. You have a post about a brother that got murdered and none of these people that use so much energy to refute me have anything to say about it, because they don’t care. This is what makes them clowns, buffoons, fools, idiots, and everything else one can think of. A bunch of mental midgets that need to be put out of their misery or at least have their wombs removed so that they won’t bring any children into this world and pass their stupidity onto the next generation.
JUDAH: I was debating on whether or not to respond to your previous comments and I decided that I will. But, instead of submitting a mean-spirited and/or defensive post, I’d like to hear your solutions to our community’s problems. Judah, you’ve emphasized several times that your intelligence is essentially unmatched by others. I don’t know you, so I can’t speak to that. But, given that you believe that I am not “qualified to address much less engage in” these debates, I welcome the opportunity for you to briefly tell us your ideas about what needs to be done. Specifically, I’m really interested in what *you are doing* to address these problems. It seems like you are suggesting that we move this discussion to the next level, away from the “simplicity.” Ok, well let’s do just that and maybe something positive can emerge from this string. Perhaps you’ve started an organization. Maybe you are writing books/articles, organizing workshops, or managing a socially conscious web page that could serve as a model for others. These are all the types of things that I’ve done and continue to do as part of my contribution to this effort.
You are obviously passionate about your beliefs and I’m interested in hearing about how you’ve directed that passion and concern for black people.
I hope Sean haunt’s them…forever-destroying what little minds they have left!