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Rev. Al Sharpton: New attorney general under Obama must take on Sean Bell case, police brutality
By JOHN LAUINGER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, November 8th 2008, 6:15 PM
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/08/2008-11-08_rev_al_sharpton_new_attorney_general_und.html
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The Rev. Al Sharpton and Barack Obama when the senator spoke at the National Action Network's Annual Convention in April 2007.
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Michael Mineo, who claims he was sodomized by NYPD officers, with Rev. Al Sharpton Saturday Nov. 8. Sharpton called for Obama's incoming Attorney General to confront police brutality.
The incoming attorney general in the Obama administration must make investigating police brutality a top priority, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday.
"The minute we get a new attorney general, we must go to that attorney general and deal with the issue of police misconduct," Sharpton said in a fiery address at his Harlem headquarters.
"We must bring the case of Sean Bell and other cases that haven't been handled well in the states to the federal level."
Sharpton said that federal investigations in the Abner Louima and Rodney King cases led to convictions, while state prosecutions in the cases of Bell and Amadou Diallo did not.
"We want a society where the police are not above the law," Sharpton said.
The president-elect has yet to select an attorney general. Among those under consideration are Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano; Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala.; and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Sharpton also said federal involvement would benefit law enforcement, "so the good cops don't bear the brunt of the bad cops."
By JOHN LAUINGER
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Saturday, November 8th 2008, 6:15 PM
www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/11/08/2008-11-08_rev_al_sharpton_new_attorney_general_und.html
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The Rev. Al Sharpton and Barack Obama when the senator spoke at the National Action Network's Annual Convention in April 2007.
Giancarli for News Michael Mineo, who claims he was sodomized by NYPD officers, with Rev. Al Sharpton Saturday Nov. 8. Sharpton called for Obama's incoming Attorney General to confront police brutality.
The incoming attorney general in the Obama administration must make investigating police brutality a top priority, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday.
"The minute we get a new attorney general, we must go to that attorney general and deal with the issue of police misconduct," Sharpton said in a fiery address at his Harlem headquarters.
"We must bring the case of Sean Bell and other cases that haven't been handled well in the states to the federal level."
Sharpton said that federal investigations in the Abner Louima and Rodney King cases led to convictions, while state prosecutions in the cases of Bell and Amadou Diallo did not.
"We want a society where the police are not above the law," Sharpton said.
The president-elect has yet to select an attorney general. Among those under consideration are Eric Holder, former deputy attorney general; Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano; Rep. Artur Davis, D-Ala.; and Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
Sharpton also said federal involvement would benefit law enforcement, "so the good cops don't bear the brunt of the bad cops."