The three detectives took a chance and put their fate in the hands of the judge. Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman found theme not guilty of all charges.
Many people beleived that the guilty verdict would cause trouble for the city. But so far nothing has surfaced.
The reason for aquitting the Detectives was that the prosecution did not prove their case and it's witnesses were not credible. Judge Cooperman found that the Police response with respect to each defendant was not found to be criminal.
In English the detectives did make a mistake but the mistake did not come about out of a criminal act. The actions they took were based on the information that they had at the time. The judge believed that the Detectives believed that there was a gun present.
Mayor Bloomberg said it best there are no winners in a trial like this. An innocent man lost his life, a bride lost her groom, two daughters lost their father, and a mother and a father lost their son.
The Sean Bell story is a tradgedy for all involved.
One Love, One Nation, One World.
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