*Rapper The Game plans to debut a new song today about the acquittal of three plainclothes undercover police officers in the killing of Sean Bell, an unarmed man who was to be married the following day. Borrowing its title from Public Enemy's Flavor Flav-led track "911 Is a Joke," the song addresses controversial police procedures and violence. "I'm outraged and speaking out for my generation that are afraid to speak out against police brutality and murder," The Game told AllHipHop.com. "I grew up in Compton and had to stay silent because of the fear that was prevalent in my community, but now that I have a voice I'm speaking out." The song will debut on the rapper's new Web site www.ThisizGame.com.
See Also:*The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating a prank call to the family of Sean Bell's fiancée that originated from the Manhattan offices of Sergeants Benevolent Association, a prominent police union. According to the New York Post, someone said "ha, ha, ha" during the 1:15 p.m. Friday call to the home of Nicole Bell's father Les Paultre. "It was just horrible to get that phone call after coming back from the cemetery," said Nicole Bell. Her father added, "The guy was taunting us, laughing. It was horrible because we had just come back from the court and the cemetery." The president of the union, Edward Mullins, said, "If the accusations are true, we will deal with it." Rep. John Conyers, a Michigan Democrat and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, was scheduled to meet yesterday with Bell's family as well as visit the scene in Queens where five officers fired 50 shots at Bell and his two friends. Conyers' scheduled visit comes a day after national and local civil rights leaders and elected officials repeated calls for the U.S. Department of Justice to bring federal charges against the three officers who were acquitted. Also Sunday, other critics of the acquittal proposed a permanent state-level special prosecutor to investigate police misconduct and brutality cases.
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