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| New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has condemned the shooting of an unarmed black man by police but said he will support the city's police chief. | |
| Mr Bloomberg also pledged a fair and thorough investigation, following talks with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. | Mr Bloomberg also pledged a fair and thorough investigation, following talks with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. |
| Sean Bell, 23, was killed when police shot 50 rounds at his car after he left a strip club on the eve of his wedding. | Sean Bell, 23, was killed when police shot 50 rounds at his car after he left a strip club on the eve of his wedding. |
| It is alleged that police began firing after the man's car hit an unmarked police car. Two men were also injured. | |
| Following the talks with the city's police commissioner and community leaders at City Hall, Mr Bloomberg said he was "deeply disturbed" by the violent incident. | |
| "I can tell you that it is to me unacceptable or inexplicable how you can have 50-odd shots fired, but that is up to the investigation to find out what really happened," Mr Bloomberg said. | |
| Reverend Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights activist, called it a "very candid, a very blunt meeting". | |
| He said the message to the mayor was: "This city must show moral outrage that 50 shots were fired on three unarmed men." | |
| The talks come a day after several hundred people held a vigil for Mr Bell, during which protesters called for the resignation of the city police chief. |