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May 7, 2008

Paterson To Meet With Sharpton, Bell Family

“The point to make to the people is to get their attention. It could be their son tomorrow or their daughter tomorrow.”

New York Gov. David Paterson is scheduled to meet privately with the Rev. Al Sharpton and the family of fatal police shooting victim Sean Bell.

Paterson will meet with Sharpton and Bell's relatives Thursday afternoon in New York City -- a day after protests took place around the city.

The governor expressed surprise at last month's acquittal of three New York Police Department officers in the November 2006 shooting of Bell.

Paterson says he was surprised because of the number of shots fired. Read more

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May 9, 2008
 
Suorised? David Paterson is surprised with the cops gettng acquitted. Please this has been going on for years and will continue to go on as long as it is accepted and never questioned by a higher authority. NYPD actually have a license to kill young minorities in NY.

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sure he is surprised, because he is the governor now and has to be politically correct, to david patterson-you cant play both sides of the fence
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