R U FUCKIN SERIOUS.I MEAN, REALLY

Acquit and Protest
On November 25, 2006, Sean Bell visited a Queens club with friends the night before his wedding, and died there in a fusillade of bullets. Now 17 months later, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman released his verdict, acquitting the 3 undercover police officers in the unarmed groom's shooting death. Outcry, although not upheaval, followed the announcement. Readers have tuned into the flood of stories that covered the reactions (including those of the detectives themselves, one of whom apologized to the Bell family), the players involved, possible prosecutorial blunders, and the nationwide pattern of police shootings. According to the New York Times, a rally is planned Saturday. The end of this trial may simply mean the beginning of another, as the U.S. attorney and NYPD investigators weigh their options.