Sean Bell Civil Disobedience Action
@ Brooklyn Bridge & 1 Police Plaza, May 7
Report and Photos by Angelo Rivera
A defiant Reverend Al Sharpton, Nicole Paultre Bell, Joseph Guzman, Trent Benefield and 70 additional demonstrators shut down the on ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge at 4:25pm in an act of civil disobedience.
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Attorney Michael Hardy announces to the stand-by demonstrators and press that a total of 70 persons have been arrested in act of civil disobedience here at the Brooklyn Bridge location.
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Kathy Reanud stands proud with her sign in an act of defiance at 1 Police Plaza in lower Manhattan.
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The Reverend Al Sharpton makes his way to the court of 1 Police Plaza to rally demonstrators prior to their walk out on to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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The Reverend Al Sharpton Nicole Paultre Bell and Joseph Guzman arrive at 1 Police Plaza.
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The Reverend Al Sharpton stares down a black New York City police officer after he has been strapped cuffed.
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The Reverend Al Sharpton makes his way to the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge on ramp with hordes of media following.
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The Reverend Al Sharpton stops a foot away from a wall of New York City police officers to bow heads, kneel and pray before they are arrested.
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The Reverend Al Sharpton standing in a sea of blue.
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A demonstrator states her name and date of birth to the media before being taken into custody.
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Restrained demonstrators escorted to New York City police vans.
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Demonstrators in the courtyard of 1 Police Plaza hand-out flyers, "we are all Sean Bell, this whole damn system is guilty.”
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Demonstrators at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge prior to their arrests raise their hands in protest to the shooting of Sean Bell.
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New York City police prepare a wall of blue at the foot of the on ramp to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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"We Are All Sean Bell." |
New York City's police, orderly manner of restraining demonstrators.
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Demonstrators in the court yard of 1 Police Plaza await those who've been taken into custody.
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Demonstrators in the court yard of 1 Police Plaza await those who've been taken into custody.
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"We are all Sean Bell."
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Angelo Rivera, Photographer
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