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April 28th, 2008
House Judiciary chairman meets with family of slain groom-to-bePosted: 10:24 PM ET
NEW YORK (CNN) - The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee on Monday met with the family of a man fatally shot by police just hours before his wedding, promising a thorough federal investigation of the incident.
Three New York police detectives were acquitted Friday on all counts in the case of Sean Bell, an unarmed man killed in a hail of 50 police bullets outside a strip club on November 25, 2006. Bell's two friends, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, were wounded in the shooting. "We are going to be putting together the federal strategy," said Rep. John Conyers, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a Michigan Democrat. "This is important." The Justice Department said it was conducting an independent investigation to determine if the trio's civil rights were violated.
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