The Closer You Look, the Worse it Gets for Detective Oliver

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In the wake of the three indictments in the Sean Bell (50-shot) shooting, one thing’s becoming clearer and that is that Detective Michael Oliver may be THE PROBLEM here.

After all, he is almost single-handedly responsible for over 60% of the shots fired that day (31 of the 50), he also exercised equally poor judgment in feting himself and friends to a $4200 “celebration” at a trendy Manhattan eatery on the day of the indictments and now it turns out that he fired EVERY shot that hit the three victims (Bell, Guzman and Benefield).

Had Michael Oliver been replaced with another detective who’d fired four shots, the barrage would’ve been 23 shots and not the fifty shots that have raised so many eyebrows.

At this point, with being responsible for over 60% of the shots fire, and all of the hits, as well as “celebrating” on the day of the indictment, it would seem that Michael Oliver may very well NEED proof of a fourth passenger and gunman in order to avoid a manslaughter conviction.

The circumstances certainly bode better for Gescard Isnora (also charged with manslaughter) and Marc Cooper (charged with reckless endangerment), but Michael oliver certainly hasn’t helped his case much.

Detective Oliver Fires a Round Into His Own Foot

Detective Michael Oliver didn’t help himself with his $4200 celebratory dinner at Nello the day he and two other NYPD Officers were indicted in the Sean bell shooting.

One PBA source was quoted as saying, “He just convicted himself and if we don’t rein him in, he’s going to bring the others down with him.”

The problem with the high profile fete was that there wasn’t anything for Oliver to be celebrating! Moreover, that kind of move is indicative of the kind of judgment you might expect from an officer who emptied sixteen initial shots (a full fifteen round clip and one chambered round), then re-loaded and emptied another fifteen shot clip, in accounting for an astounding 31 of the 50 shots fired by the NYPD that night!

Recognizing how difficult police work is, most law-abiding citizens want to give the cops the benefit of the doubt, but this is the kind of judgment that makes you cringe at the prospect of a Michael Oliver taking the stand in his own defense.


See also: http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/03182007/news/regionalnews/havin_a_blast_regionalnews_lawrence_schwartzwald__angela_montefinise_and_melissa______jane_kronfeld.htm