And so today we find that Nelson Rafael, who was in his apartment one block away from the incident, claims that he heard shouts and then gunshots. He couldn't make out what was being said. He was up at 4AM watching TV.
Now Lt. Napoli is on record as saying he heard no shouts before the shooting. Given that Lt. Napoli was all of two car lengths away from the actual shooting, and according to detective Carey, Lt. Napoli was on the scene before the shooting began. So, either Nelson Rafael is lying or Lt. Napoli is lying.
In other news, the NY Post is reporting that a defense witness is to take the stand and report on NYPD procedure for shooting:
The NYPD trains its officers to continue firing their weapons until a target no longer poses a threat, an expert will testify this week at the trial of three officers charged in the 50-shot killing of Sean Bell.
The witness, an expert in police training and tactics, will explain when police officers "can use deadly force," said a defense source.
He is also expected to contradict the prosecution's claim that the officers should have fired just three times and then stopped to assess the situation.
"It's a ridiculous notion of firing three shots and then stopping, which is never taught in the Police Department," the source said.
This would explain why the prosecution did not introduce procedure at trial. Unlike most, my issue is whether police procedure was followed not on what Isnora and Oliver thought or not so this issue is paramount for my argument on the shooting.
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