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NEW YORK - Thousands of protesters, counting in unison from one to 50 to mark the number of shots fired by police in the death of an unarmed Queens man last month, clogged Fifth Avenue on Saturday in a “Shopping for Justice” protest three weeks after the slaying and one week before the Christmas weekend. Trent Benefield, 23, one of the survivors of the Nov. 25 shooting that killed Sean Bell, led the marchers from his wheelchair as they headed south through midtown Manhattan. He was encircled by bodyguards, and followed by a group of clergy and elected officials on...

This is a must read for anyone interested in cop shootings. The author,Phila Bulletin columnist Michael P. Tremoglie not talks about his own experiences as a cop he has got data about cop shootings in here that takes a flame thrower to the myths and claims by Al Shartpon and company. http://www.theeveningbulletin.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17567142&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=574088&rfi=6

So three racists walk into a bar. Unfortunately, there¡¯s no punchline. What Michael Richards said about blacks at a Los Angeles comedy club was racist. His career should be over. But so should the careers of two other racists, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Unfortunately, they¡¯re thriving. While Richards made a gazillion phony apologies for uttering what he really thinks at age 57 (and blamed it on the War in Iraq ¨C huh?), Jackson and Sharpton have never apologized even once for constantly telling us what they really think, over decades. It¡¯s a little strange ¨C no, make that, absurd...

New York’s anti-cop forces have roared back to life thanks to a fatal police shooting of an unarmed man a week ago. The press is once again fawning over Al Sharpton, Herbert Daughtry, Charles Barron, and sundry other hate-mongers in and out of city government as they accuse the police of widespread mistreatment of blacks and issue barely veiled threats of riots if they do not get “justice.” The allegation that last weekend’s shooting was racially motivated is preposterous. A group of undercover officers working in a gun- and drug-plagued strip joint in Queens had good reason to believe that...

Death behind bars Harold Ledet Jr. was jailed Nov. 21. Five days later, he was dead. His family wonders how, why. By KIM GILLILAND Record Staff Writer Tuesday, November 28, 2006 NEWTON - Harold James Ledet Jr. was awake in his jail cell shortly before 3:30 a.m., prompting a jailer to ask if he was OK. Ten minutes later, he was no longer breathing. A transcript of a 911 call made about 3:36 a.m. shows Ledet was unresponsive and not breathing before being taken from his cell to Catawba Valley Medical Center. He was later pronounced dead. Ledet, 28, died...