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Hundreds Attend Funeral and Protest for Sean Bell, Murdered by Police in Queens

IMC-US, 02.12.2006

Hundreds of community members in Jamaica, Queens mourned and protested this weekend on behalf of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old black man killed by police last month. Bell was killed on November 25 when when five undercover police officers fired 50 shots at a car carrying him and two friends. Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield survived the shooting but remain hospitalized. None of the victims were armed. The killing, which occurred on the very day Bell was to be married to his high school sweetheart, has provoked a barrage of criticism and community outrage. Photos by Stanley W. Rogouski: December 1: Funeral at the Community Church of Christ, December 2: New Black Panther Party Protest | Democracy Now Coverage: 1, 2







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