Gothamist: Shots That Killed Bell and Hit Others From One Cop

Still Not Amused

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:57:08 -0500

Hmmm, That tells me that this guy was either not looking at what the hell he was shooting at . Worst off he was scared and just peeled eleven shots in the general direction of the action .

ABC Girl

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:17:30 -0500

Soooooooooooooooooooo very sick of this story already....why is Gothamist obsessed with posts about Sean Bell and about Brooklyn??? ENOUGH already, please.

Ad Zu

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:04:19 -0500

So Oliver gets the most punishment because another cop made the mistake of opening fire under the belief that someone drew a weapon? Sure 31 shots might be excessive but he was fighting for his life? Just because he has good aim, he takes the brunt of the punishment? I'm not happy innocent people died and their definitely needs to be changes with some protocol but we can't create a bad side effect where officers cannot defend their lives.

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Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:02:54 -0500

well, thankfully, regardless of the outcome of the trial, these cops will never carry a gun again.

from the other side

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:54:43 -0500

How disturbed do we need to be that a member of the NYPD was unable to hit anything with eleven shots?!? Don't get me wrong, I'm glad there wasn't more damage done, but I have pretty much no experience with guns and I could hit SOMETHING will eleven chances.