Ongoing Coverage of the Sean Bell Case
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From WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and the WNYC Newsroom, comprehensive coverage and analysis of the November 2006 shooting of Sean Bell and subsequent trial; including community reaction, commentary and an exclusive interview with NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly.
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Update: Sean Bell Ruling
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Today, organized "pray-ins" are scheduled for six locations around New York City. Coordinated by Reverend Al Sharpton, these demonstrations aim to draw attention to last weeks ruling involving the death of Sean Bell. New York State Senator Eric Adams and President of the Citizen's Crime Commission ...
The D.A.'s Take
Friday, April 25, 2008
We go live to a press conference with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown on the Sean Bell police trial verdict.
Acquitted
Friday, April 25, 2008
Guests, including: Patricia Williams, professor of law at Columbia University, writes the Mad Law Professor column for The Nation magazine, Eugene O'Donnell, professor of law and police science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, WNYC’s Arun Venugopal and Cindy Rodriguez, Richard Aborn, president of ...
Sean Bell Verdict: What Do You Think?
Thursday, April 24, 2008
A verdict is expected tomorrow in the Sean Bell police trial. Michael Wilson, covering the trial for the New York Times, joins us as we open the phones.
What do you expect the ruling to be? Comment below.
What do you expect the ruling to be? Comment below.
Sean Bell Update
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
The Sean Bell case is now in the hands of the judge. Nicole Bode of the New York Daily News and Michael Wilson of the New York Times give us an update.
The Prosecution Rests
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Eugene O'Donnell, professor of law and police science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Errol Louis, columnist for the Daily News, and civil rights attorney Norman Siegel talk about the latest in the trial of the officers charged in the Sean Bell shooting.
Sean Bell Update
Friday, March 28, 2008
Nicole Bode, reporter for the New York Daily News, and WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal update the latest in the Sean Bell trial.
Sean Bell Update
Friday, March 21, 2008
Michael Wilson, metro reporter for the New York Times, and WNYC's Arun Venugopal discuss what's happening in the ongoing Sean Bell trial.
Sean Bell Update
Friday, March 14, 2008
New evidence in the Sean Bell case has possibly changed the momentum of the trial. Nicole Bode of the Daily News checks in from the courthouse.
Sean Bell Update
Friday, February 29, 2008
WNYC reporter Arun Venugopal recaps this week's progress in the trial on the shooting of Sean Bell.
Sean Bell Update
Friday, February 22, 2008
The Sean Bell trial begins on Monday in Queens. New York Daily News staff writer Nicole Bode and New York Times reporter Michael Wilson comment on the latest developments in the trial.
Trial Location
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Nicole Bode, staff writer for the New York Daily News, talks about the petition to change the location of the trial for the police involved with the Sean Bell case.
Sean Bell: One Year Later
Monday, November 26, 2007
Errol Louis, columnist for the New York Daily News, and WNYC reporter Bob Hennelly talk about what has changed and what hasn't in the year since the shooting of Sean Bell.
The Past in the Present
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Kirsten Danis, Morning City Editor for the New York Daily News, talks about detective Mike Oliver, who was the main shooter in the Sean Bell case, and his past.
The City Divide
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Errol Louis, columnist for the New York Daily News, and Mickey Blum, president of Blum & Weprin Associates, Inc., analyze their poll, which found New Yorkers are divided in their opinion of the Sean Bell case.
Cops and the Community
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Richard Greene, chief executive of the Crown Heights Youth Collective, looks at what the Sean Bell shooting says about the state of police community relations. Later we hear from NYPD spokesman, Paul Browne, who defends the department's approach, and then community activist Eddie Ellis of Medgar Evars College on NYPD ...
Police Procedure
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Eugene O'Donnell, professor of law and police science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, former police officer, and former prosecutor; and Jerome Skolnick, NYU criminal law professor, look at how broader issues of policing relate to the Sean Bell shooting.
The Bell Indictments Analyzed
Monday, March 19, 2007
Daily News columnist Michael Goodwin, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, and criminal defense attorney David Schwartz analyze the indictments.
The Bell Indictments Anticipated
Monday, March 19, 2007
Nayaba Arinde, editor of the Amsterdam News, Richard Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission, and Sean Gardiner, a criminal justice reporter at the Village Voice, will discuss the implications of the indictments in the Sean Bell case.
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