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SHARPTON PLEADS NOT GUILTY IN BELL ARREST: Activist is charged with disorderly conduct.
According to Newsday, the civil rights activist is due back in court July 28, along with at least 30 others charged with disorderly conduct in the peaceful protests, which took place May 7th and blocked major streets and river crossings in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The civil rights activist was planning to protest next week's Major League Baseball All-Star Game in the Bronx, but has called it off because he felt "reasonably confident" state and national police reform bills will be passed.
"We are not jail freaks. We don't love handcuffs," Sharpton said after his hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court. "We are trying to move toward some kind of permanent change."
Bell's fiance, Nicole Paultre Bell, 23, her mother and a cousin were among those arrested. They appeared in court yesterday, where Judge Melissa Jackson said in six months their cases would be dismissed if they avoid future arrests.
Sharpton sought the creation of a special prosecutor to probe officer misconduct and federal charges against detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper after they were cleared in April. The New York Police Department filed internal disciplinary charges against the three officers.
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