On November 25, 2006, undercover NYPD officers fired at least 50 rounds of bullets into a car carrying three UNARMED men of African American and Latino decent; killing one, SEAN BELL and seriously wounding two others. Bell age 23 was scheduled to be married on that fateful day.Three of the five detectives involved in the shooting went to trial on charges ranging from manslaughter to reckless endangerment. All were found not guilty.The incident has sparked fierce criticism of the NYPD as the city faces yet another murder of an unarmed African American man at the hands of those expected to protect and serve.“I AM SEAN BELL, black boys speak” is a short form documentary from Wildseed Films that highlights the voices of young black boys between the ages of 11 and 13 years old growing up in New York City.They speak openly and honestly about their reaction to the Sean Bell tragedy as well as their fears and hopes as they approach manhood in a city where the lives of young black men are often cut short, too often, and too soon.
1. What is your reaction?
2. Do You see any parallels between this incidents and any in your community?
3. What is the significance of 'grass roots community involvement'?
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This fact is not new to any of us,however, it has the same affect on us everytime we hear about something like this taking place. This makes me furious and causes me to question the people that are suppose to be protecting us. I don't see any parallels between this and my community because the suburban areas of Harrisburg are really calm and quiet and nothing really happens. Even in the inner city, I've never seen anything like this happen. Maybe because Harrisburg is a smaller city compared to NYC. This doesn't mean that it wouldn't happen, it could. I hope it doesn't though and we could prevent this from happening by getting involved in our community to make it a better living enviroment for the citizens.
ReplyDeleteWatching this video is very sad, however it does not surpriese me. I think some police take matters into their own hands and react without thinking; it only happens to be against some particular races like african-americans and latinos, especially males. How are kids growing up in the streets of new york, or any city of that matter, supposed to feel safe when walking the streets of their community; they're not. I don't see a big parallel between that community and ours except for the fact that we're killing each other instead of the police doing it for us. The significance of the community involvement is to bring the community together and inform young minds about how to handle police when they are questioning you or if you get pulled over. Sean Bell was a tragic incident and he won't be forgotten; but his death will not be in vein. With his sacrifice we can mold more young minds and show them that dealing with the police is no joke; it can unfortuantely be a life or death situation depending on the police officer.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is really a shame how a young man was brutally killed before his time. There really is no words to explain how angry that makes me. It is a shame that some white people just think they are so much better than any race and basically they try to prove it when something like this happens. And then they walk away with a slap on the wrist and will continue doing it until they feel they made their point. I haven't heard about anything this outrages happening in Harrisburg. But I do remember these white cops who were by my house and slammed this black guy on the cement ground like three times really hard. And he got up and acted like nothing happened because the guy was under influence. And I really don't know the significance of the grass roots community because I do not know exactly what that is.
ReplyDeleteMy reaction to this makes me feel like I can't trust the police at all. Just because of the incidents that happen to these black males. And to me it does not seem like it was ironic that mostly everybody that died from the police is African-American, and the police men are Caucasian. I feel though that police men can do whatever they want without having to worry about the consequences. Just because they have that badge there more valuable than regular citizens. I remember a few years back in Harrisburg in the Uptown area we had a similar incident where the police had this black kid held up with gun drawn. The boy cell phone was ringing and he went to answer it and the cop shot him dead at the scene. Right in front of Emeralds. And the cop said he thought it was a gun. Our community should teach kids how to deal with police and protect themselves from the crooked cops in the city.
ReplyDeleteAfter watching this video, what I think about it is that, basically the black people are opening their thoughts to the communitee saying that how they are been hatred or discriminated by the cops of NY. While my reaction to this video is that everyone should have to have equal justice and right being a human beings. I don't think that I really have any parallels connection between this incidents with my community, however I beleive that there are some communities who are facing suck kind of accidents. I beleive that cooperation between individuals is the significance of grass roots community invlolvement.
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