Various Notes on the Sean Bell Verdict

from J's Theater: "Thoughts + Poem: Claude McKay"

from Bejata: "The Bell Verdict"

from Kevin Powell (also here): "The Sean Bell Tragedy"

from James Braxton Peterson: "You Know How We Do"

from dnA guesting at Racialicious: "On Sean Bell: Fear Is Cause for Slaughter Only When Victim Is Black"

from Keith Josef Adkins: "Sean Bell and the Obama Bubble"

from Kai Wright: "If They Are So Scared, How Come We're The Dead Ones?"

For more information: Justice for Sean

For multi-media coverage from Newsday.com of the verdict go here.

Unfortunately, Dawn Lundy Martin's blog Negro Element has been removed so I can't link to her incisive 2007 post "How to Kill A Gorilla" which spoke about the number of shots required to take down an average full-grown gorilla (5 ft 5in to 5ft 9 in; 310 - 440 lbs) versus the average human male in response to the Bell shooting. Oh, in case you weren't sure, it doesn't take 50 bullets to take down the average full grown gorilla (the three police officers who killed Sean Bell cumulatively shot Bell 50 times, one took the time to reload).

And finally, this week, from Mark Anthony Neal, a considerably more prolific aspect of violence against black males: "The Chicago Shootings: Why Black Men Kill Each Other"