Protesters Seek Answers in Police Killing of Groom ; N.Y.C. Vigil Includes Calls for Commissioner's Ouster

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › November 28, 2006

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NEW YORK An angry crowd demanded Sunday to know why police officers killed an unarmed man on the day of his wedding, firing dozens of shots that also wounded two of the man's friends. Some called for the ouster of the city's police commissioner.

At a vigil and rally the day after 23-year-old Sean Bell was supposed to have married the mother of his two young children, a crowd led by the Rev. Al Sharpton shouted "No justice, no peace."

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Protesters Seek Answers in Police Killing of Groom ; N.Y.C. Vigil Includes Calls for Commissioner's Ouster

At one point, the crowd of a few hundred counted off to 50, the number ...

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