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Music Video: The Game - 911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa)

May 14th, 2008 | Posted in Music, Videos



: The Game - 911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa)

The Game has released a music video for his controversial record, “911 Is A Joke,” which is a response to the acquittal of three New York City police officers involved in the 50-bullet shooting of .

“I’m outraged and speaking out for my generation that are afraid to speak out against police brutality and murder,” the rapper told AllHipHop.com. “I grew up in Compton and had to stay silent because of the fear that was prevalent in my community, but now that I have a voice I’m speaking out.”

The song features Black Wall Street artist Clyde Carson and The California Murda Crew (CMC).

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Al Sharpton Arrested During Sean Bell Protest

May 7th, 2008 | Posted in Miscellaneous

Al Sharpton and Jay-Z
Reverend Al Sharpton has been arrested at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge in a protest of the recent acquittal of three NYPD officers involved in the shooting death of would-be groom Sean Bell.

The civil rights leader was among several people arrested Wednesday at a series of demonstrations calling for a federal investigation into the November 2006 shooting.

He had called for acts of civil disobedience across the city. Two survivors of the shooting and the victim’s fiancée were arrested as they stopped traffic at bridges and tunnels.

They lined up and peacefully put their hands behind their backs as police put plastic handcuffs on them.

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Music: The Game - 911 Is A Joke (Cop Killa)

April 29th, 2008 | Posted in Celebrity News, Music

The Game
The Game has wrote a song about the recent acquittal of three NYPD detectives on criminal charges related to the shooting death of unarmed groom-to-be Sean Bell.

The rapper dedicated the track “911 Is a Joke” to the Sean Bell family, who never received justice.

He tells AllHipHop.com, “I’m outraged and speaking out for my generation that are afraid to speak out against police brutality and murder.

“I grew up in Compton and had to stay silent because of the fear that was prevalent in my community, but now that I have a voice I’m speaking out.

“This could have easily been me, my brother, my family. So this song is for Sean Bell from my heart. My deepest condolences go out to his family and wife Nicole Bell.”

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Pigs Who Shot Sean Bell Aquitted Of All Charges

April 25th, 2008 | Posted in Stop The Madness

Sean Bell and his family
The three NYPD pigs that killed Sean Bell on his wedding day in a 50-bullet barrage were cleared of all charges Friday. The ruling sparked an outcry in the courtroom and anger in the streets. Here’s the scoop:

“The defendants are not guilty of all charges,” Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman declared. “The burden was on the people to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. Each defendant was assumed to be innocent.” Cooperman said justification was used as a defense, he had to consider the “mindset of the defendants, not the victims. What the victims did, was more important to resolve the issues at hand than what was in their minds.”

Bell’s fiancee, Nicole Paultre Bell, ignored the judge’s orders and ran crying out of the courtroom while shooting survivor Trent Benefield broke down in tears.

Bell’s parents, William and Valerie, sat in stunned silence while nearby an angry Bell supporter muttered, “This is bullshit.”

Oliver, who fired 31 times and reloaded once, and Isnora, who fired 11 times, had been charged with manslaughter, felony assault and reckless endangerment. They faced up to 25 years in prison if convicted on all charges. Cooper, who fired four times, faced up to a year in jail if convicted of reckless endangerment. None of the detectives testified, although their grand jury testimony was read out loud at the trial. Sean Bell’s father, William, said he would call on the feds to try the cops for violating his son’s civil rights if they were acquitted.

Bell, a 23-year-old father of two, was killed on Nov. 25, 2006 near the Queens strip club where he’d just had his bachelor bash. His friends, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, were badly wounded when the cops opened fire on Bell’s car.

Two of the three pigs showed no remorse for their actions during the press conference. We hope they never wear a badge again. R.I.P. Sean Bell.

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Jay-Z Backs Sean Bell’s Widow In Rocawear Ad

February 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Celebrity Gossip, Celebrity News, Fashion, Music

widow of Sean Bell and the couple's two children
Nicole Bell

Rap mogul Jay-Z has agreed to lend his support to the widow of Sean Bell, who was killed in a hail of 50 police bullets on his wedding day in November 2006, by signing her up to model for his Rocawear clothing label.

Just days before the trial of three cops accused of killing Sean Bell, Nicole Bell appears in Jay-Z’s new Rocawear “I Will Not Lose” campaign, with the couple’s two children.

Wearing Rocawear clothes, the three pose alongside Nicole Bell’s quote, “We are going to be here to the end, ’till justice is served.”

The trial starts on Monday. Nicole is hoping that the judge will hand down the toughest possible sentence to the officers.

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