Arrest of Sean Bell’s Friend May Change Case Against Police
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An arrest yesterday could affect the outcome of a court case against three police officers in the Sean Bell shooting.
Trent Benefield, who was wounded during a police shooting last year that killed Bell, was arrested after plainclothes police officers witnessed him strike his girlfriend, Nyla Page-Walthrus, in the Jamaica section of Queens, police officials said.
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