You know what...that's the part we DONT know.
being as the officers were moving in on Bell and his friends because they suspected them of going to get some weapons, what would have stopped them from fully displaying badges and also calling in uniformed cops to detain these guys?
Just because someone says "go get my gun" doesn't mean that they have one.
matter of fact...check this article out:
NYPD Lieutenant's shocking recollection at Sean Bell trial
The leader of the NYPD detectives who killed Sean Bell in a 50-bullet barrage testified Friday he didn't hear his men identify themselves as cops before they opened fire.
Lt. Gary Napoli, the hapless leader of the undercover unit that night, also said he "didn't see any badges" in plain view before the cops shot Bell on his wedding day.
"Did you hear any police commands?" prosecutor Charles Testagrossa asked.
"No," Napoli said.
"Did you ever hear any shouts, 'Police!' 'Don't move!" Testagrossa asked.
"No," Napoli replied again.
The stunning admission came on the fourth day of the 50-shot trial, which began with Napoli being forced to identify accused detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora and Marc Cooper by name.
Then Napoli, who was not charged with a crime but has been accused of incompetence, gave his version of events that culminated with the death of the 23-year-old groom-to-be outside a seedy Queens strip joint on Nov. 25, 2006.
Napoli's team was doing a sting at the Kalua Cabaret on 94th Ave., where Bell - a father of two - was having his bachelor party.
In earlier testimony, Napoli admitted the ill-fated operation was poorly planned but he was determined to make one more arrest so they could padlock the club.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_c...lection_a.html
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