May 2nd, 2008 · The Barbershop guys - Jimi Izrael, Nick Charles, Lester Spence and Arsalan Iftikhar - are all together in NPR's Washington studio. They weigh in on Obama and Reverend Wright, the latest NBA playoffs and the verdict in the Sean Bell case.
Apr 29th, 2008 · Three New York City police officers were acquitted on Friday in the shooting death of Sean Bell, a young, unarmed African-American man who was killed hours before his wedding. Guests discuss the verdict, which they say has deepened long-standing fear and mistrust within the African American community toward police.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Three New York City police officers charged in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell are acquitted of all charges Friday. The undercover police officers fired 50 shots at Bell and two of his friends as they left a club on the morning of what was to be Bell's wedding day. The victims were all unarmed.
Apr 25th, 2008 · A judge in New York has found three NYPD officers not guilty in the shooting death of Sean Bell. Bell was leaving his bachelor party when the officers fired more than 50 shots at him and his friends. Bell supporters say he was shot because he was black, and the police officers say they thought he was armed.
Apr 25th, 2008 · Three NYPD detectives have been found not guilty in the shooting death of Sean Bell. The officers fired 50 shots at Bell and his companions who were unarmed. NPR's Robert Smith has an update on the emotional reaction at the courthouse in Queens, N.Y.
Apr 25th, 2008 · The nation waited Friday for a verdict in the 2006 police shooting for Sean Bell. Delores Jones-Brown of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice says the New York case has drawn national attention because it's part of a larger pattern of police shooting unarmed suspects.
Mar 19th, 2007 · Three New York City Police officers plead not guilty to manslaughter charges in the shooting of Sean Bell, an unarmed man who was shot to death outside a Queens nightclub just hours before he was due to get married.
Mar 17th, 2007 · A grand jury has voted to indict three New York City police detectives in the killing of an unarmed black man, Sean Bell, according to the Associated Press. On Saturday, supporters of Bell's family rallied in New York's Union Square.