Posted on 12/23/2006 11:56:42 AM PST by jimbo123
The unarmed bridegroom killed in a 50-shot police barrage on his wedding day was driving drunk, sources said yesterday.
Sean Bell had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when officers opened fire, killing him and wounding two of his friends after they left his bachelor party at a Queens strip club, toxicology reports show.
The alcohol level is being used to back claims Bell's vehicle lurched into an officer and rammed an unmarked police van as cops started firing.
"[This report] gives some insight into why Sean Bell acted the way he did behind the wheel," said Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives' Endowment Association. "His behavior was reckless and life-threatening to the officer he hit. If the reports are true, his judgment was impaired."
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The guy was unarmed. DUI or DWI doesn't justify killing him IMO.
Not surprising that he would be drunk after his bachelor's party, though. And obviously, that is not a good reason to shoot him. Even crashing into a patrol car doesn't seem like a particularly good reason for that.
He was drunk and intentionally ran over an officer and repeatedly rammed his car into a police van. And he told the club's bouncer that his buddy was going to his car to get a gun and come back and shoot him. Bell and his buddies got what they deserved.
He didn't just ram the police van several times, he also intentionally hit an overcover officer with his car before he rammed the police van.
I wasn't aware he ran over anyone. If someone pulled out a weapon on me in a similar circumstance I would have tried to get away, as most people would.
The undercover cop he hit didn't have a weapon drawn.
The firing started after Bell hit the cop and then repeatedly rammed the car into the police van.
Bell also had a criminal record for dealing drugs and armed robbery and had threatened a bouncer at the club after his buddies were thrown out for harassing a stripper.
It's sad to see how the cop-haters always take the side of the criminals, regardless of the facts of the case.
Why is alcohol legal?
I haven't read anything that states that version. Do you have a link?
Purty stupid, your bulb burned out as is Brilliant's?
So, you're saying the cops were drunk?
BFD; if driving drunk was a capital offense a lot of lawyers and judges would get executed.
hey we are spos to just blame the cops!!
and take al sharptons word for gosple
the cops are evil
follow the crowd...do as your told and think as youre told!!
damn freeps
Sending armed undercover cops out to find trouble among drunken strip club patrons is going to lead to mayhem. This isn't a surprise ending.
Acting like a low life should be discouraged more strongly than it is, but being gunned down by out of uniform police without a trial is too much of a swing in the other direction.
This guy wasn't just driving drunk.
He intentially hit a cop with his car and then repeatedly rammed a police van filled with officer.
You're being disingenious. But most cop-haters are.
Drunk or sober, cops justified or not......... when I was growing up, I intuitively knew that ramming a cop with my car was probably not a good idea and may in fact, lead to my personal harm.
Just out of curiousity what mistakes did the cops make?
Since the investigation is not done nor made public how do you know already what happened?
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