Actor Jason Mitchell will portray a Black man who was fatally shot by the police hours before his 2006 wedding, TMZ reports. Mitchell will take on the role of Sean Bell in the film entitled 50 Shots, referencing the 50 bullets that police shot into Bell in Jamaica, Queens. Bell, who was 23, had just wrapped up his bachelor party with his dad and two friends when cops shot up their car. Undercover cops who were surveilling a nearby strip club thought the men were armed, but they weren’t. In 2010, Bell’s family won a settlement against the city for $7 million, but the three cops who shot Bell were fully acquitted. Mitchell first read for the role of an undercover cop, but later asked to play Bell’s part instead. The movie, which has been in development for three years, will be filmed in Queens. • #unheardvoicesmag #SeanBell #JasonMitchell #50shots #films #policebrutality #sayhisname #policebrutalityawareness #jamaciaqueens #policeshooting https://www.instagram.com/p/CEIFUrfFe3l/?igshid=6zynm3dn076j
