Sean Bell Verdict – Has Hip-Hop Gone Soft?
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Loading ...Self defence. That is the verdict the judge gave for reason behind the killing of unarmed 23 year old Sean Bell outside of a strip club in Queens, New York in 2006.
For those unfamiliar with the story, Sean Bell was shot dead by New York police officers whilst leaving a Queens strip-club whilst on his stag night in 2006. The 23 year old Bell was due to be married to his fiancée, and mother of one child, the next day. The officers said that they shot in self-defence as they suspected that the man (Bell) was armed. However after firing 50 shots on the group of men (Bell and 2 friends were shot) it was discovered by the officers that their suspicions of the group of men being armed and dangerous were unfounded.
Despite initial uproar at the event some rappers think that the people, and other high profile celebrities are not making the voice of the black community heard…
David Banner spoke to HipHopDX in a phone interview and seems to think that black people are more interested in fighting amongst each other than fighting the real enemy and then went on to speak out against what he sees as political injustice in America today. Banner goes on to give his thoughts on George Bush and Barack Obama..
When West Coast rapper The Game spoke to SOHH.com giving his thoughts on the Sean Bell verdict situation The Game exclaims that he ‘doesn’t understand why New York is so quiet’, referring to both rappers and people from the black community failing to speak out over the controversial outcome. He goes on to state that if the event had happened in L.A. ‘you could see smoke form the hills‘ maybe compare the contrasting reaction of this event and the Rodney King police brutality case of the early 90′s where California say riots that lasted days. The West Coast hip-hop heavyweight has recently released a track titled ’911 Is a Joke’, free for download, on his ThisIzGame.com website where he speaks on the situation.
Readers take a look at the evidence and leave a comment to give your verdict…
Has Hip-Hop gone soft!?
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