Trayvon Martin’s Murder and 5 Senseless Killings of Black Men in the Last Decade

Sean bell and his two friends, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, were celebrating the final hours of Bell’s bachelorhood at Club Kalua, a strip club in Jamaica. As the three left the club and were heading to their car, Guzman got into an argument with a man outside the bar. The cops, part of a task force that specialized in vice collars, saw the argument and believed Guzman was going to his car to get a gun.

Bell died tragically after a 50-shot fusillade. Bell and his friends were unarmed. The four cops, Detectives Gescard Isnora, Michael Oliver and Marc Cooper and Lt. Gary Napoli w ut plea deals with the department that allowed them to keep all or part of their pensions if they resign from the department as reported to the media on Friday, March 23, 2012.