By IRNA,
New York : Hundreds of people have held a protest in New York over the decision to clear three police officers of all charges in the killing of an unarmed black man.
Sean Bell, 23, died in a barrage of 50 police bullets as he left a strip club with two friends, hours before he was due to be married in November 2006.
Civil rights activist Al Sharpton told crowds in Harlem that the police had no right to shoot unarmed citizens.
He called for a campaign of civil disobedience against the verdict.
Sharpton told the rally they would hold a meeting next week to plan the day when they would “close this city down”.
Hundreds of people who packed the street front hall of his National Action Network offices chanted in response: “Shut it down!” “We strategically know how to stop the city so people stand still and realise that you do not have the right to shoot down unarmed, innocent civilians,” he said.
“This city is going to deal with the blood of Sean Bell.” Sharpton, who was joined by the dead man’s family, said: “They never accused Sean Bell of doing anything. Then why is he dead?”