[Click HERE for photos – taken by YWN photographer Raphael Grynsztajn at yesterday’s protest.]
Al Sharpton, and relatives of Sean Bell who was killed by undercover detectives in a 50-bullet barrage, were scheduled to meet privately with New York Gov. David Paterson on Thursday afternoon to talk about the case.
The meeting comes a day after Sharpton and more than 200 demonstrators were arrested during citywide protests against the acquittals of the officers on state charges.
Hundreds rallied in Lower Manhattan, Harlem, Midtown, Brooklyn, and across several bridges.
Some were arrested for blocking traffic during the generally peaceful protests.
Sharpton was arrested, along with Sean Bell’s fiancée, Nicole Paultre Bell, during protests near the Brooklyn Bridge. Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, who were both wounded in the shooting, were also taken into custody.
Police said 216 people were arrested.
(Source: CBS2 HD / NY1)
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11 Responses
That’s Al Sharpton?–Did he become a Satmar Chosid?
too many unemployed people
This meeting is the definition of Choishech meeting afayla.
Did you see the people in these pictures??
None of them look like they do anything all day anyway.
#1 SHALLOWTHINKER
your ahavas yisroel is sooooo blatant.
how do you know that’s a satmar chosid?
Curious how a person arrested yesterday could meet with a governor right after… is that in jail? Is there a trial and he is out on bail?
By what mechanism did the fiancee take on the same last name as the deceased?
what! these are pictures of gedilim? i never saw them on my gedolim (baseball type) card set? i gotta buy a new set. i’ll go down to the store and ask ahmed to buy a new set.
Maybe he’s looking for a tzenter for mincha
TO NISHT KLUG:
I KNOW HIM!
To Chavrusa O Mesusa:
No for something like blocking
traffic they can’t hold you for long…
He probably paid his fine and went free
within hours of the arrest.
It is the well known Isac “Putchu” Weinberger, who is indeed a satmur chosid. He is very well known in political circles. A few years ago there was a very interesting profile of him in the New Yorker magazine. Click to read
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2002/11/04/021104ta_talk_paumgarten