By Jamile Karout
Reverend Al Sharpton, Nicole Bell-Paultre, Joseph Guzman, Trent Benefield and dozens of others were arrested today (May 7) in the area surrounding New York Police Department Headquarters, One Police Plaza.
This was only one of the six locations throughout the city that Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network designated as citywide "Slowdown" and "Pray In" locations.
The event began peacefully as scheduled around 3:00 PM, as protesters gathered and marched in designated areas waiving posters and counting off shots, as they chanted "50 shots, fight back" and "we are all Sean Bell" in unison.
Those that chose to get arrested crowded together in an act of organized disobedience.
Names and birthdays were given to organizers, as the volunteers were warned that once they left the designated area they would be arrested.
Hundreds looked on as protesters lined up and marched their way toward a barricade of officers waiting with plastic hand restraints and paddy wagons to take them away.
the front of this line was none other than, Rev. Al Sharpton, Nicole Bell-Paultre, Joseph Guzman, and Trent Benefield, as they were the first to be arrested.
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