Activist minister Al Sharpton rejected a sentence of time served if he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. He called that offer unfair.
The judge scheduled a Sept. 10 trial for Sharpton and about 10 other people.
Bell, who was unarmed, died in a hail of 50 police bullets on Nov. 25, 2006, as he left his wedding bachelor party at a Queens topless bar.
