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STATEMENT FROM REVEREND AL SHARPTON: On NYPD disciplinary charges against Sean Bell cops.
"In light of reports that the New York Police Department has given internal disciplinary charges to eight of the officers in the Sean Bell case, I feel it is a step in right direction.
However, we at National Action Network call upon Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to follow the lead of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey who fired four police yesterday, demoted one sergeant, and disciplined others, without going through a long internal procedure.
They had the right as does the New York Police Department to terminate people that violate police policy. I strongly believe that the Police Commissioner should fire the officers in the Sean Bell case pursuant to civil service laws.
I might add that there was not a fatality in the case in Philadelphia like there was in New York and the City still acted quickly and unequivocally on an incident that was just two weeks ago. This is the kind of aggressive and no nonsense attitude we must have with policing in other parts of the country.
There must be no tolerance for crime but also no tolerance for police misconduct and the New York Police Department must send a strong firm signal that that is the case as we have seen in Philadelphia." -- Reverend Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network
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source:
Rachel Noerdlinger
Vice President of Communications
Reverend Al Sharpton Media
revalmedia@yahoo.com
Rita Abrahams
Communications Associate
Reverend Al Sharpton Media
sharptonmediateam@gmail.com
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