Jul 28, 2008 2:50 pm US/Eastern
Protest-Related Charges To Be Dropped In Bell Case
NYC Judge To Dismiss Charges Against Trent Benefield And Joseph Guzman
NEW YORK (AP) ―
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Rev. Al Sharpton (File Image)
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A Manhattan judge has offered to dismiss protest-related charges against two men who were wounded by police during the Sean Bell shooting.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Neil Ross said Monday that disorderly conduct charges against Trent Benefield and Joseph Guzman will be dropped if they stay out of legal trouble for six months.
Activist minister Al Sharpton rejected a sentence of time served if he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He called that offer unfair.
The judge scheduled a Sept. 10 trial for Sharpton and about 10 other people.
Bell, who was unarmed, died in a hail of 50 police bullets on Nov. 25, 2006, as he left his wedding bachelor party at a Queens topless bar.
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