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Guests Underpaid, Under-trained NYPD Officers Make Deadly Decisions

Chanel Lee | Tue, Apr 29, 2008 | Tags: new york city, crime, police, brooklyn, color, nypd, queens, bloomberg, chanel lee, ruling, sean bell | 1

Last Friday, Queens Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman delivered his highly anticipated verdict in the trial of three NYPD detectives accused of killing Sean Bell. Can Bell’s death and others like it be attributed to the fact that NYPD officers and patrolmen are underpaid and insufficiently trained? Next American City welcomes new guest columnist, Chanel Lee.

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