New York protest results in 200 arrests

Calcutta News.Net
Thursday 8th May, 2008

200 people have been arrested in New York after a large protest against last month's acquittal of three policemen who killed an unarmed black man.

Police said the arrested people were praying and blocking roads.

Among those arrested is civil rights activist Al Sharpton.

The protest came about due to an incident in which three policemen shot the 23-year-old black man more than 50 times as he left a club where he had been celebrating his upcoming wedding.

The killing sparked outrage among New York's black community.

The policemen claim they only started firing because the victim had been armed.

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