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Sharpton on the Sean Bell Indictments

Al Sharpton doesn't think that the indictment of three of the five officers involved in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell goes far enough.

"All officers in fact shot. All officers in fact should have been charged. All officers acted in concert," Sharpton said at a news conference just now.

He also said the demand for the trial to be conducted elsewhere, as it was in the Amadou Diallo case that led to the acquittal of the officers involved, was "insulting."

"We will not participate, attend or cooperate" with a trial outside of Queens County, Sharpton said.  read more »

UPDATE: Here's a statement from the Queens District Attorney who said the investigation "was as thorough and complete as I've ever participated in."

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