10 December 2006

Fiancee of Shooting Victim Changes Name


She lost her fiance in a hail of police gunfire on their wedding day, but a court has ruled that Nicole Paultre can still have his name.
A civil court judge approved an application to legally change her name to Nicole Paultre Bell, in memory of the victim of the Nov. 25 shooting, Sean Bell, her lawyer said Friday.

That is good, I mean, it's good for the children to have a mother who has the same surname as they have. It will be difficult enough to explain to them what has happened to their father and why it did happen.

The same article went on saying that the 5 police officers, who shot 50 rounds at Sean Bell on the night before his wedding, are on paid leave, until the grand jury made a decision on wether they should be prosecuted yes or no.

I would say: YES, they should be prosecuted, and all 5 of them should be sentenced to death. Why? To serve as an example to their fellow law enforcement officials that it is NOT acceptable to society to shoot innocent, unarmed civilians who might have been drunk, and created a car accident. These were the streets of New York, not the streets of Baghdad.

But, as usual, I don't care whatever you do, as long as you don't forget: LOVE A SOLDIER. Love, Jenifer Bloom. bloomjenifer@yahoo.co.uk

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