After the verdict Friday acquitting the three NYPD detectives who murdered Sean Bell, outraged protesters gathered at the Queens DA’s office then marched miles to the heart of Jamaica, where the murder occurred. Chanting “We are all Sean Bell, NYPD go to hell” and “50 shots equals murder,” here they pass Jamaica Station. Drivers honked and people joined the unpermitted, impromptu march along the way and many kept marching until midnight.

MOIJR: Chairman Fred, what is your opinion on the case of Sean Bell where he waskilled and his two friends (Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman) were wounded inan unjustified armed attack on their vehicle by the New York Police Department?

Ch.Fred: I’m sad to say that I am not surprised by the not guilty verdict that wasrendered by New York criminal court judge, I believe it was Cooper. It’s abasic articulation of the sentiments of not only New York, but the UnitedStates government – sentiments that they have consistently maintained and sentto Black people ever since their first contact with us. It’s a sentiment and aposition that was sent to the families of Amadou Diallo, Timothy Stansbury,Michael Walker, and it was even articulated in the infamous Dred Scottdecision, which basically stated that there is no law in reference to Blackpeople that white people are subject to respect.

And also, as we have stated some many times, that in this society, in this system,Black people are to be treated as the Rodney Dangerfields of all races – inother words, with no respect. And it is a statement that trickles down to everycolonized community and that even affects what some people refer to as Black onBlack crime, a term that we don’t even dig. A statement where any cat in thecommunity – who doesn’t have to have no law degree, who has no basic concept ofany law – knows that there are no or minimum repercussions for the pig powerstructure vamping on anybody in our community. But as we say, what a criminalpsychologist once said, that behavior is affected by consequences, and thissystem is continuously sending a message that there are no consequences forwiping out our people.

MOIJR: M1, you spent a lot of time living in New York. Can you speak about theclimate between the community and the holice in New York?

M1:First I just want to unite wit’ Chairman Fred’s summation of just where we’reat today. Yes, as a resident of Brooklyn for 15 years and the particular levelof danger that is going on in the five boroughs – Queens, Manhattan, Staten,the Bronx and Brooklyn – I think that this is par for the course.

Ithink that this is par for the course for the general policy of elimination andexecution of young Africans, as well as Black and Brown people all throughoutthe boroughs. I think that the only thing to do now is to appeal to allcommunities, not just the ones in New York. Once again, what we are talkingabout is not a new phenomenon; it’s a part of an epidemic that has been reallytaking over our communities, and we have been in battle wit’ it since trying toclaim our own rights and we’re talking about from slavery days to this.

ButI want to say, can we appeal to our level of insult? You know, where are we?Where are the warriors at this point? You know I want to dig down, and I wantour community to really feel the injustice at this particular point. I feel ita lot. At this point, it bubbles up in me, in frustration.

People marched for miles after the verdict Friday – and they weren’t all Black. Signs with messages like “Mexicans for Sean Bell” and “Street vendors for Sean Bell” were common.

Sothat’s where I am at wit’ it right now. I refuse this blind leading the blindbullshit. We see neo-colonialism is rampant around. Not only do we see it inthis false U.S. election right now, but this is also the case when you look atour leadership based around some of the basic issues in our community, where weare getting murdered or shot down in the streets more than 50 times. How manymore times does the number have to go up? And get insulted at not only theacquittal; they gave a moral justification and a political justification toease (tensions) today.

Andso where is the people that are defending our rights? I know that we are thePOCC, but we also need our souljahs. We need the warriors. And I amself-critical in this time, because I know in the spirit of George Jackson, inthe spirit of Chairman Fred Hampton Sr., in the spirit of our leadership, Iwant to say that we’re here. I know that we’re here. I want to galvanize ourforces and make a call. Let this be a marking point, at this point, that we saywe won’t retreat from.

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