I wouldn't say so... I'd say more like Inside Hit, or Mafia...
I don't think his color had anything to do with it.......
Anybody that's been trained on firearms knows that you dont fire unless you intend to kill, AND hit your target.
So, either these were the shittest cops on planet Earth and couldnt hit the broadside of a barn to safe their life..... OR...it was an Inside Job...
There's always more to the story once you start digging in
You are kidding me, right? Right? Have you forgotten how NYPD treated
Amadou Diallo? They knocked on his door, at his home, and when he reached for identification in compliance with police demands, they shot at him 41 times, hitting him with just shy of half the bullets fired. They didn't wait to seee a gun. They wanted to shoot him, and they did. Turns out, he wasn't the rapist they were looking for, either. When was the last time NYPD pulled some shit like that in Gramercy Park, Riverdale, Bayside or some other white area?
As for
this more recent shooting, police were in the area because they were part of a sting at a nearby club. According to civillian witnesses (yes, they fired all those shots while innocent people were walking and driving around, in the middle of a residential neighborhood) the fellas in the car had been in the club, and were involved in an argument outside of it. One witness on the news this evening said that they were followed to there car, and that the man who followed them jumped in front of the car brandishing a gun. The witness never heard the officer identify himself, and speculated that perhaps he didn't identify himself. I know I have seen NYPD detectives fail to ID themselves, so it is possible. The witness said it looked to him like he saw the argument, followed some of the guys and then pulled a weapon on them. The witness said it seemed like the logical thing to do, if they didn't have a gun too, was to hit him with the car. Then he started shooting, at one point getting on the hood of the car. Another unmarked vehicle boxed them in. It appeared that they were in a fight. It appeared to make sense to try to take out the guy in front and drive away. Oh. I found it interesting that the witness did not hear the officer ID himself, but did hear the officer indicate that there was a gun in the car. Very interesting.
Inside hit? The guy was not part of any underworld. Who'd need to hit him? The first thing the NYPD likes to do when they murder someone, is dig up their criminal records. They figure it won't look so bad if they are brutalizing hardened criminals. Bell's records were all sealed, which means he had no entries on his record past the age of 17, and it means they are telling the public about sealed records, which is just gross if you ask me. The man was 23. He had at least 6 years with a clean nose. What person powerful enough to get a police taskforce to hit someone needs to hit someone like him?
I agree that this is not likely DWB, and I don't think this was racially motivated. I think it was a bored cop overzealously trying to get a collar. It was the taskforce's last night on the island, and I think they really, really wanted it to be a big one. It was. I hope they're happy.
I think Bloomberg is handling this very well, unlike that opportunistic moron Giulliani. My fellow Americans, please do not let "America's Mayor" fool you. Giulliani was a dangerous, homophobic racist when he only had control of the NYPD. Let's not make him commander-in-chief! I know this last bit is a bit of a tangent, but it's related, and important to me.